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Harold E Dibbern

Male 1924 - 1970  (45 years)


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  • Name Harold E Dibbern 
    Born 8 Nov 1924  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 May 1970  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3391  Rossville
    Last Modified 19 May 2023 

    Father Henry M Dibbern,   b. 19 Nov 1904, Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Mabel Leota Banta Dibbern,   b. 20 Jan 1906, Meriden, Jefferson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Married 4 Jun 1924  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mabel's obituary says they were married in Delia.
    Documents
    Marriage- Banta, Mabel-Dibbern, Henry
    Marriage- Banta, Mabel-Dibbern, Henry
    Miss Mabel L. Banta, 18, and Mr. Henry M. Dibbern, 19, both of the Delia neighborhood, were granted a license to wed Wednesday by the probate judge at Topeka. Mrs. Dibbern is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Banta. She was formerly one of the "Central" girls at Delia.
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 1
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 1
    Dibberns to Celebrate Golden
    Anniversary
    Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dibbern will be guests of honor at an open house to be held at Myron Green’s in Topeka on Sunday, June 9, 1974, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., honoring their 50th wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives are invited to attend. The couple requests that no gifts be presented.

    Hosts and hostesses will be their children: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whitfield, Osceola, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bratton, Collinsville, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Crow, Osage City; Mr. and Mrs. Merle E. Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dibbern, and Mrs. Harold Dibbern, all from Topeka.

    Mr. and Mrs. Dibbern were married on June 4, 1924, and spent the early part of their marriage on a farm near Delia. The later years have been spent in Topeka where Mr. Dibbern was employed by the Kansas Power and Light Company before his retirement.
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 2
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 2
    MR. AND MRS. DIBBERN

    The children of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dibbern will honor them Sunday, June 9 with a reception in the Myron Green Cafeteria from 3 to 5 p.m. in celebration of the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary.

    Hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whitfield, Osceola, Ind.; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bratton, Collinsville, Okla. ; Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Crow, Osage City; Mr. and Mrs. Merle E. Ross Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dibbern and Mrs. Harold Dibbern, Topeka.

    Mr. and Mrs. Dibbern were married June 24, 1924 in Topeka. They lived in Delia several years before moving to Topeka. Before his retirement, Mr. Dibbern was employed by Kansas Power and Light Co., They have 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

    Note: Photo of couple in news clip
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 3
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 3
    Dibberns celebrate
    60 years
    Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Dibbem will be honored on their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, June 3 at the North Porch of Garfield Shelterhouse.

    Hosts for the occasion will be their children, Mrs. Louise Claycomb; Mr. and Mrs. Merle E. Ross; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bratton, Collinsville, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whitfield, Mishawaka, Indiana; and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dibbern.

    Henry Dibbern and Mabel Banta were married June 4, 1924.

    He is retired from Kansas Power & Light, Tecumseh.
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 4
    Anniversary- Dibbern, Henry and Mabel 4
    Mr. and Mrs.
    Henry Dibbern
    Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dibbern, Topeka, will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their children from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the couple’s home, 2113 N.W. Lower Silver Lake Road.

    Their children are Merle and Shirley Ross, Topeka; Geneva and Lloyd Whitfield, Mishawaka, Ind.; Avis and Dean Bratton, Collinsville, Okla.; Louise and Lloyd Brandenburg, Topeka; Floyd and Jean Dibbern, Topeka, and the late Harold Dibbern.

    They have 13 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren and one great- great grandchild.

    Henry Dibbern and Mabel Banta were married June 4, 1924, in Delia. Mr. Dibbern is retired from Kansas Power and Light Co. Mrs. Dibbern had been employed by Hollywood- Maxwell, an apparel maker.
    Family ID F1751  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wilma M Frederick Dibbern,   b. 29 Aug 1925, Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1976, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1946 
    Children 
     1. Harold G Dibbern
     2. Richard A Dibbern
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2016 12:31:03 
    Family ID F1750  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Dibbern, Harold
    Obituary- Dibbern, Harold
    Harold E. Dibbern

    Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home for Harold E. Dibbern, 45, 2405 Lower Silver Lake Road, a Topekan for 30 years, who died Wednesday at his home after he suffered an apparent heart at¬tack.

    He was born Nov. 8, 1924, at Delia. He was graduated in 1943 from Washburn Rural High School and served in the Army in Germany during World War II. He was a member of the Trinity Lodge No. 27, AF&AM, at Weaverville, and Scottish Rite Bodies at Topeka.

    He had been employed for five years at Topeka Radiator and Body Works.

    He was married Nov. 8, 1946, to Wilma M. Frederick, who survives at home.

    Other survivors include two sons, Harold G. Dibbern and Richard A. Dibbern, both at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Dibbern and his grandmother, Mrs. Merte Ban¬da, all of 2113 Lower Silver Lake Road; four sisters, Mrs. Louise Crow, 2336 Wayne, Mrs. Avis Bratton, Collinsville, Okla., Mrs. Shirley Ross, 2412 Shunga Drive, and Mrs. Geneva Whitfield, Mishiwaka, Ind., and a brother, Floyd H. Dibbern, 2001 Lower Silver Lake Road.

    Masonic graveside services and burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.


    DIBBERN, HAROLD E.— Age 45, 2405 Lower Silver Lake Road. Passed away May 27, 1970. Services 11 a.m. Monday, Penwell-Gabel Chapel, Dr. Orlo Choguill First Presbyterian Church officiating. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
    PENWELL-GABEL FUNERAL HOME
    10th and Lane FL 4-8558