Alfred Pierre Diimig
M 1919 - 1980| Type | Value |
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| Name | Alfred Pierre Diimig |
| Born | 1919-03-17 Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa |
| Gender | M |
| Died | 1980-11-04 Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, Iowa |
| Buried | Lakeview Cemetery, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa |
| Type | Value |
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| Father | Joseph Herman Diimig b. (1880-03-04, Chatsworth, Livingston County, Illinois) d. (1936-06-12, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa) |
| Mother | Gertrude M. Smith b. (1890-06-23, Ida County, Iowa) d. (1971-05) |
| Married | 1909-10-26, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Danbury, Woodbury County, Iowa |
| Type | Value |
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| Family | Fern V. Christiansen b. (1916-12-02) d. (1998-12-26) |
| Married | 1957-04-21, Jackson, Jackson County, Minnesota |
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Photos
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Alfred P. Diimig Headstone Lakeview Cemetery, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, IA |
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Alfred P. Diimig Taken on side of parents home in Danbury, IA |
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Alfred P. Diimig Rabbit Hunting |
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Alfred P. Diimig Unknown location 1943 |
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Alfred P. Diimig U.S. Army |
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Alfred Pierre Diimig with Priest Best man at Leonard and Violet Horstman wedding 1942-04-25 |
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Alfred P. and Fern Diimig Taken at home |
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Joseph and Gertrude Diimig née Smith children - Back from left: Larry, Vincent, Wilma Gertrude and Loretta front from left: Marie and Alfred This photo was listed as Diimig unknown 31. Thanks to Carol Bacon for the identification c. 1920 |
Notes
1 NOTE Came to California with Leonard Horstman circa 1942. Alfred and Leonard were first cousins and best friends. Al was drafted into the Army in Iowa prior to WW2. Alfred (Al) was the best man at Leonard and Violet’s wedding.
Uncle Al, alias “Smokey” got this name from being a cook in the Army. There is a copy of his discharge papers in this section (Carols Book). He opened and operated a variety of eating establishments in the Okoboji and Spirit Lake, Iowa, area.
During the war he suffered “Shell Shock” and would re-live this part of his life at times. He visited our family in Chicago when home on leave and there Is a photo of him in uniform here (in Carol’s book). He was A “softy,” always room for an ice cream cone for his niece, Carol. He spent a lot of time visiting with his sister Marie who lived in spencer Iowa, a nearby community.
He married Ferne and they purchased a home on Big Spirit Lake. When my family visited, we were so close to the water I could lay in bed at night and hear the water “washing” up on the shoreline. He was a great guy! By Carol Bacon
He passed away from a sub dural hematoma suffered after a fall.
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