George F.Diethorn;72;of 204 Otto St.;Belle Vernon;died at his home Saturday;Oct.23;1965;at 2:45 p.m. Mr.Diethorn had been chief clerk of Peoples Natural Gas Co. in Monessen until 1944. He then worked for Belle-Price Lumber Co. in Belle Vernon until retirement in 1958. Born in Pittsburgh on Sept. 27;1893;he had lived in the Belle Vernon area the past 50 years;coming to Belle Vernon from Pittsburgh. Mr.Diethorn was a member of St.Sebastian’s Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon;Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 209;Belle Vernon;and was a past secretary of the Moose. Surviving are his widow;Teresa Funk Diethorn;four sons;George;Lionel;Walter;all of Belle Vernon and Dennis of Charleroi;three daughters;Mrs.James (Evelyn) McManus and Mrs.Joseph (Phyllis) Sabol;both of Belle Vernon;and Mrs.Joseph (Mildred) Allfree of Speers;three brothers;Joseph of Chicago;Ill.;Bernard of Monessen and Vincent of Belle Vernon;R.D.;five sisters;Mrs.Bernadette Kern of Pittsburgh;Mrs.Gladys Carney of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Margaret Reed of Clarksburg;W.Va.;Mrs.Mercedes Gann of Long Beach;Calif.;and Mrs. Mary Board of Monessen;twenty-two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Friends are being received at the Shelby D.ferguson Funeral Home;Belle Vernon;until time of service Tuesday;Oct.26;at 9:30 a.m. followed at 10 a.m. with requeim high mass in St.Sebastian’s R.C.Church;Belle Vernon. The Rev.Martin J.O’Toole;pastor;will officiate. Interment;Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director.