March 16, 2005

The ADVOCATE’s Free Press & Community News

Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties

Volume 9, No. 21

Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown



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“Berniece Doering

1927-2005

Funeral services for Berniece Doering, 77, Garnett, were Monday, March 14, 2005, at

Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel.  Interment was in Garnett Cemetery.  Mrs. Doering died

March 10 at her home.

Memorials may be made to Cottey College.

A complete obituary will appear in the next Advocate.

Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.”



“Lawrence P. Diebolt

1915-2005

The rosary was recited for Lawrence P. Diebolt, 89, Iola, on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 10:00

a.m. followed by Mass at 10:30 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola with Rev. Leon Kerschen

officiating.  Interment was in Highland Cemetery in Iola.  Mr. Diebolt died Thursday, March 3, at

his home.

Lawrence P. Diebolt was born August 20, 1915, at Piqua, the son of Lawrence Frank and Bertha

H. (Bolz) Diebolt.  He grew up at Piqua, attending St. Martin’s Catholic School and Liberty

School.  He went to Kansas City and enrolled in aircraft school to learn his trade.

He married Clara Maxine Weide on January 2, 1941.  They made their home in San Diego, CA,

while he served in the United States Army during World War II.  After returning home from the

service, he bought several farms, including one where Diebolt Lumber and Supply now stands. 

He bought a load of native oak from the Ozarks and used some and sold some, making enough to

buy two loads of lumber.  Farmers started coming to buy nails, bolts, and supplies.  That is how

he started Diebolt Lumber and Supply at LaHarpe.  His wife, Maxine, died June 19, 1963. 

Lawrence kept all 10 of his children together.

Maxine’s cousin, Rachel Hutchinson McIntosh from Ottawa, came and helped the girls with

canning and gardening.  Her husband had died three weeks before Maxine died.  On April 4,

1964, she and Lawrence were married at St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola.  Lawrence sold his

buriness to his son, Don, in 1999.

He was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Iola, the Iola American Legion, was a

lifetime member of the LaHarpe V.F.W., A.A.R.P., and was a former member of the

Mid-America Lumberman’s Association.

Mr. Diebolt was also preceded in death by his daughter, Kathryn Kay Diebolt; his grandson,

Michael Diebolt; his step-sons, John McIntosh and George McIntosh; his step-daughter, Gloria

McIntosh; his brothers, Joe Diebolt and A.H. “Ollie” Diebolt; and his sisters, Elizabeth Tidd,

Justina Creba, Eleanor Smith, Edna Howard, Bertha Nurdstedt, and Rose Hager.

Lawrence is survived by his wife, Rachel, of the home; his sons, Larry Diebolt and his wife,

Donna, of Welda and Don Diebolt and his wife, Susan, of Iola; his daughters, Gloria Rawlings

and her husband, Nick, of Pleasanton, Diana David and her husband, Buddie, of Moran, Mary

Botteron and her husband, Richard, of Warsaw, MO, Carol McKinney and her husband, Chuck,

of Dewey, AZ, Pat Shankel and her husband, Mark, of Prairie Village, Clara Guckes and her

husband, Tim, of Menifee, CA, and Sharon Hughes and her husband, Ben, of Hillsdale; his sisters,

Claire Delorfano of Los Alamitos, CA, and Mary Lager of Hutchinson; 26 grandchildren and 30

great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be made to the Kansas Heart Hospital or “The One” Christian

Youth Center in Iola.

Waugh-Yokum and Friskel Chapel, Iola, was in charge of arrangements.”



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