Obituary from The Columbian, Vancouver, WA - September 16, 1999

Former Clark County resident Michael Robert Diehl, 28, drowned September 6, 1999, at Long Island, N.Y.

Mr. Diehl was a 1989 Prairie High School graduate.

He was born April 9, 1971, in Vancouver. Mr. Diehl graduated from Yale University in 1993 and Harvard Law School in 1997.

He was an attorney with a law firm in New York City.

Survivors include his parents, Patricia Diehl of Cook, Wash., and Charles Diehl of Ocean Park, Wash.; one sister, Angela Rogers of Cook; one brother, Charles Diehl of Aberdeen, Wash.; and grandfather, Valentine Diehl of Panama City, Fla.

A memorial service was held September 9, 1999 at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in New York City. His body was cremated.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Oregon Zoo Foundation, Elephant House, 4001 S.W. Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221.