Ralph V. Dieter
CHRONOLOGY
From the Harrisburg Evening News, 26 March 1942:
Divorce Approved by Dauphin County Court
[A] divorce decree [was] approved today in Dauphin County Court….
The court approved masters’ reports recommending the divorce of… Mrs. Anna A. Dieter from Ralph Dieter, Lykens, desertion….
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 27 March 1942:
Divorce Approved
Divorce approved in Dauphin County… Mrs. Anna A. Dieter, Lykens, from Ralph Dieter, Lykens, desertion….
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From the Harrisburg Evening News, 16 February 1943:
Lykens Sailor Missing
Lykens — Ralph Dieter, 31, second officer in the merchant marine, has been reported missing in action. Mrs. Emma Umholtz, his mother, was notified yesterday by the Coast Guard.
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 15 February 1943:
Lykens Man Missing, Mother Informed
Lykens — Mrs. Emma Umholtz, South Second Street, was informed that her son, Second Officer Ralph Dieter, 31, is missing and presumed lost in action.
The telegram was signed by Vice Admiral R. R. Walsche, Commander, Coast Guard. He served with the Merchant Marine for eleven years.
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 February 1943:
Lykens Man Reported Missing in Action
Believed lost in action, Second Officer Ralph Dieter, 31, a Merchant Marine officer, was reported missing by a telegram from the Vice Admiral R. R. Walsche, Commander, Coast Guard, to his mother, Mrs. Emma Umholtz, South Second Street, Lykens. Dieter served in the Merchant Marine for more than eleven years.
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From the Harrisburg Telegraph, 2 March 1943:
Ralph V. Dieter, Lykens, a merchant marine, who died at sea 1 January 1943, left a $250 estate, according to an estimate filed when letters were issued to Gerald W. Dieter, Hollidaysburg. His mother, Emma Umholtz, Lykens, is the sole heir.
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From the Harrisburg Evening News, 2 March 1943:
County Will Probated
Letters of administration were granted in the Courthouse today to Gerald W. Dieter, Lykens, in the small estate of Ralph V. Dieter, late of Lykens, who was lost at sea while with the United States Merchant Marine, 1 January 1943. His mother, Mrs. Emma Umholtz, is sole heir.
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Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
See also:
Centotaph. Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Merchant Marine aboard the Steam merchant ship Arthur Middleton sunk by U-73. Ralph Victor Dieter was born 7 December 1911 and died about 1 January 1943. Findagrave #57750370.
World War II – Lykens and Wiconisco Homeoming Celebration, 1946
