Memorable Manitobans: Arthur Cecil Diehl (1910-1990)

Educator, school inspector.

Born at Winnipeg on 9 September 1910, oldest son of Arthur Thomas Diehl (1882-1941) and Ethel May Boirier (1883-1982), he received BSc and BEd degrees from the University of Manitoba. He taught at Gladstone School (1938-1941) then served in the Army during the Second World War. After his discharge, he was Principal of Brookdale School (1943-1945), Oakville School (1945-1955), and Stonewall School (1955-1956). In 1956, he was appointed a Manitoba School Inspector based at Gladstone. He later worked in the Pine Creek School Division until retiring in 1973. After retirement, he worked as a magistrate until failing eyesight necessitated his final retirement. In July 1941, he married Phyllis Edna Boyd (1914-2007). They had no children. He died at Gladstone on 5 August 1990 and was buried in Gladstone Cemetery.

Sources:

Birth registration [Arthur Cecil Dichl], Manitoba Vital Statistics.

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Department of Education, Manitoba Legislative Library.

Obituary [Ethel May Diehl], Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1982, page 41.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 7 August 1990, page 36.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 25 February 2024

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