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Note: Harold spent his childhood in Union and Putnam County Ohio. He was a graduate
of Vaughsville High School. As a young man he farmed among other endeavors such as
Lumberjack, Streetcar Operator this job came to an abrupt end as he was seeing how fast
he could race and the came flying off the tracks into a field. One his grandchildren's
favorite stories was his racing his old Ford and the steering wheel came off in his hands.
Believe he missed his calling should have been a race car driver. He was also notorious for
taking his grandchildren out in the country and allowing them to drive long before they
were of age. Herbert Hoover was President when Harold and Gay got married and also the
beginning of the great depression. Jobs were hard to come by so Harold came to Defiance,
Ohio in search of work and went to work for the Defiance Dairy Products, name changing
to Defiance Milk Products and is now known as Diehl Inc. He worked there for more then
forty years and was Plant Manager upon his retirement. After retirement he spent his time
woodworking, making doll houses for grand daughters and barns for grandsons. Harold
was a Republican in Politics and Gay was a Democrat there was some mighty interesting
discussions in there home I don't believe they were fireside chats. Harold was a member of
the Masonic Lodge and Gay was also a member of the Eastern Star. They belonged to the
Trinity United Methodist Church. He died 9 Dec. 1991 and is buried in the Brunersburg
Cemetery.
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