Carl Henry Deitrich, Sr.
Carl Henry Deitrich, Sr., of Zion passed away on March 3, 2021 peacefully at home with his family.
Carl was born at his grandparent Deitrich’s home in Walker Township on Jan. 3, 1931. He was the first son and third child of the late Walter and Leah Catharine (Felding) Deitrich. He was baptized in and later joined the Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church in Hublersburg, which later became the Trinity United Church of Christ, where Carl served in many offices and taught adult Sunday school classes.
Carl was married to Martha (Beiler) Deitrich on Dec. 30, 1961, at the Trinity UCC Church in Hublersburg. Carl and Martha met when she was his nurse at the Geisinger Hospital in Danville. He told his parents on their way home that he had met the girl that he was going to marry.