Sharon Jayne Diehl
Passed Away on July 31, 2020
Sharon Jayne Diehl (77) of Phoenix, Arizona passed away on July 31, 2020. Those who preceded her in death are: her loving husband, George T Diehl Sr, her parents Alexander and Ethel Neill, her brother Lloyd Neill and sister Evelyn Rowe. Those who remain behind to miss her are children: Wendy Murtagh and Kevin, George T Diehl Jr. and Mary, Ken Diehl and Magie, and Barbara Diehl Rouen and Michael. 24 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
She was born October 26, 1942 in Gary, Indiana. She attended Emerson High School. After school she went on to marry the love of her life, George and raise their four children. As they grew, she went on to work in sales and customer service. She was a lifetime member of the Auxiliary of VFW Post 7968. Throughout her life she was known as caring to all who met her and being a wonderful mother and grammie to her children and grandchildren.
A visitation will be held Thursday, August 6, 2020 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., Services 10:00 a.m. on August 7, 2020 both at Mountain View Memorial Gardens, 7900 E Main St., Mesa, AZ 85207.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Sharon’s name to the Auxiliary of VFW Post 7968, 250 S Phelps Dr., Apache Junction, AZ 85120-6715.
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To all the family,
We continue to keep you all in our prayers as you grieve Sharon’s passing. Absent from the body and present with the Lord and we take solace in knowing that Sharon is safe in the arms of Jesus because she knew Him as her Saviour and Lord.
I have many childhood memories of Sharon and her Mom and Dad visiting with we cousins in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Over the years as we became busy with our own families, we lost contact with each other, but then in 2000, I was so excited to find a letter from Sharon in my mailbox. That began a reunion again, a visit to Sharon and George’s in Apache Junction in 2001 and then a reunion of the MacLeod clan ( her Mom and my Mom were MacLeod sisters)in 2003. Again another reunion in Arizona in 2006and so our bond became strong again. The last time we were together was at another cousins in Pennsylvania.Then in the past few years we realized that Sharon and I had the same form of leukaemia. All this to say that Sharon had an important part in my life, I always looked forward to her Facebook posts and occasional phone calls. Her smile would light up a room and she will be remembered as a caring, loving lady who was very proud of all her family. May you enjoy all your sweet memories.
Jane and Dave
Thank you for your kind words Jane Marie
So much love & Prayers! Sharon will be greatly missed by me and the entire VFW Post #7968 & Auxiliary Family!