Kenneth-Dietrich-Obituary

Kenneth L. Dietrich

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Kenneth L. Dietrich, 90, of Harrisburg, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. He was retired from Brenner Motors, Harrisburg and a Veteran of the United States Coast Guard-Merchant Marine and the United States Army. He was a member of the...

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Happy Father's Day today and every day. Miss you and love you to the moon and back. The middle one--Nancy Jo

Here it is ... Veteran's Day and a year since Ken passed. He certainly was proud of serving first as a Merchant Marine as a young lad in WWII and later in the regular military.
His many friends are Central Penn Fitness miss him and continue to share his stories.

Mrs Dietrich and family, I met Ken when he was a regular at Central Penn Fitness and always looked forward to his grand stories. We all learned about his joining the Merchant Marines when President Roosevelt asked younger men to leave school to help transport supplies to the troops. We all saw the humor in Ken lovingly referring to Nancy as "the Gestapo" when she encouraged him to get out of the house and go to the gym. Better yet were the times he dug out the owner's manual before daring to...

So sorry for your loss of your father

We were so sorry to hear of your father's passing. Having known him since childhood, it makes the loss personal for us, too.

Our condolences to the entire Dietrich family in the loss of your father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.