Kern County Obituaries

Susan Arlene Dieterle

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Nov. 16, 1941 – Feb. 3, 2005
Memorial services will be held Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. at Wood Family Funeral 
Service with interment to be held in Fullerton for Susan A. Dieterle. 
She joined her Heavenly Father on Feb. 3 after a long, courageous fight 
with cancer. 

Susan was born in Minatare, Neb., and has been a resident of Tehachapi 
since 1969. Prior to coming to Tehachapi, Susan taught elementary school 
in Nebraska, Arizona, Iceland and Germany.

After arriving in Tehachapi, she spent many years as the loving mother of 
Sally, Richard and Anne. After the kids left the nest, she enjoyed her 
employment at the California Correctional Institution. She was also a long-time 
member of the Community Congregational Church.

Never a person to let a handicap stand in her way, she worked with the House 
Ear Institute in Los Angeles, being one of the first recipients in the world 
to have a cochlear implant. Within a few years, she had different types of 
cochlear implants in each ear.

She is survived by two daughters, Sally and Anne of Orange County; son-inlaw 
to be, Scott Barbour of Huntington Beach; daughter-in-law, Yannette of 
Fullerton; husband, Dick of Tehachapi; three brothers, David and Mabel Schoeneman 
of Fort Worth, Texas, Paul and Sue Schoeneman of Scottsbluff, Neb. and Doug 
Schoeneman, also of Scottsbluff, Neb.; brothers- and sisters-in-law, Al and Mary 
Dieterle of Sterling, Ill., Ernie and Mary Dieterle of Glendora, John and Jeune 
Dieterle of San Antonio, Texas, Jim and Beryl Dieterle of Porterville and Tom and 
Kathy Dieterle of Granada Hills; plus numerous good friends and fellow workers from CCI.

Susan was preceded in death by her son, Richard; parents, John and Emma Schoeneman; 
father- and mother-in-law Earnest and Helen Dieterle; nephew Warren, and numerous 
friends and relatives.

A special thanks to all those who helped and supported her. 
during the long battle and to the many 

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