By Ray Ferris Few people have had a longer relationship with Leslie Diestelkamp than I. When I was born, he was a lad of eleven and one-half years in my home, having been with my mother and father from the time of their marriage almost four years earlier. Even so, our association was limited as he …
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Leslie The Man I Knew
By Foy Vinson Karl, the eldest son of Leslie Diestelkamp, recently called and asked if I would write a few things about his father. Having known Leslie for almost forty years and being privileged to be very closely associated with him during the years I spent in the Chicago area in the late fifties and most …
Leslie Diestelkamp, Preacher A Son’s Perspective
By Karl Diestelkamp Preaching the gospel is what Leslie Diestelkamp did. It was not a “job” or a “profession,” but a labor of love in service of the Lord and Savior to whom he had given his life and soul in 1925. Early memories are of Dad farming and preaching; working in construction at Ft. …
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Diestelkamp Funeral
By David A. Girar “You know, I never thought of that,” he said … I was a new Christian back in 1974, when a man who had been preaching for some 40 years was in our home for dinner. I had been commenting on some scripture (I don’t even re-member which one). His reply impressed me …