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Note: When he was 15 or 16, Paul and a friend became cowboys for a couple of years. They helped with crops around Sterling and then rode west to a ranch south of Gering where they worked as cowboys until roundup and then returned to Sterling to help with the harvest. They made the trip from Sterling to Gering and back on horseback. It's about 425 miles each way! This story was told to Harold Diehm by his aunts, Selma and Julia Diehm.
Paul was a farm hand when he lived in Johnson County, Nebraska. He learned auto mechanics from a book course and worked on cars in Johnson and Vesta where he met and married Pearl Fox. They moved to Colorado where he worked as a mechanic for about a year. Their son, Wayne, was born in Colorado. They returned to Nebraska and in 1926 Paul and a partner, Bruce Bailey, cleared a lot and built a service station in Table Rock. Bruce died in 1929 or 1930 and Paul bought Bruce's half of the business from his widow. This was during the depression. In 1932 Paul bacame a jobber for Phillips Petroleum. Paul's son, Harold, has his watch with an inscription commemorating twenty-five years of service for Phillips. The inscription is dated February, 1957. Paul owned the business until he sold it when he was 69 or 70 years old. Paul's son, Wayne, worked there from 1950 to 1970. Harold worked there in high school and from 1955 to 1956, before he went back to finish college. Paul and Pearl lived in Table Rock until they passed away.
OBITUARY
PAUL DIEHM Paul F. Diehm was born to Ferdinand and Anna Flegler Diehm on Feb. 23, 1890 near Adams, Nebr. He was baptised and became a member of Hopewell Methodist Church near Adams, Nebr. He was united in marriage to Pearl Fox on April 27, 1924. Three sons were born to this union: Wayne, Harold and a son who died in infancy. In 1926 the family moved to Table Rock where he built and operated the Table Rock Oil Company until he retired in January 1959. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and an infant son. Surviving are his wife, Pearl, two sons, Wayne and wife of North Platte, Harold and wife of Lincoln, seven grandchildren and three great-granddaughters. Three sisters, Mrs. (Anna) R.S. Hillman of New Plymouth, Idaho, Misses Selma and Julia Diehm of Hastings, Nebr., and five nieces and one nephew and a host of friends to mourn his passing. The serveces here held at the United Methodist Church at Table Rock on Monday, Feb. 17th at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. Kenneth Garrison of Pawnee City United Methodist Church officiated at the services. Frank Petrashek sang "How Great Thou Art" and "The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied by Marilyn Tomek. Pallbearers were Orville Johnson, Willard Binder, Floyd Vrtiska, Emil Michal, Arthur Reuter and Lawrence Wenzbauer.
GRAVE STONE
Paul F. Diehm Febr. 23, 1890 -- Febr. 13, 1975
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