Master Sergeant Justin Raye Diel
1973-2013
The funeral for Master Sergeant Justin Raye Diel, USAF, age 39, will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 22nd at Central Christian Church in Enid. The Reverends Don Johnson and Col. Gordan Jantz, USAF Retired, will officiate. A private burial will be at Karoma Cemetery, Goltry. A memorial service will be held at Hurlburt Field, FL in the Hurlburt Chapel at 2pm March 8th. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Justin was born May 31, 1973 to Jimmy Raye Diel and Cathie Lea Thornburgh Whipkey in Enid, OK. Justin died Monday, February 11, 2013 in Navarre, Florida.
Upon completing graduation from Helena-Goltry High School in 1991, Justin entered the United States Air Force in 1992. He married Natalie Lucretia Diel on Sept. 29, 2006 in Navarre, FL.
MSgt Justin Diel was an Aerial Gunner on MH-53 Helicopters and AC-130U Gunship. Justin retired from Hurlburt Field, FL in 2012.
Survivors are his wife Natalie of Navarre, FL and their children, Brianna Renee' Diel and Savannah Rose Diel; his parents, Jimmy Raye Diel and wife, Judy of Drummond; Cathie Lea Whipkey and husband, Harold of Higgins, TX; his sisters, Casie Lea Brownlee and husband, Kyle of Enid, OK; Kristina Ann Redman and husband, Nathan of Edmond, OK; Kimberly Dawn Scrogin and husband, Chris of Corning, AR; step-brothers, Ron Whipkey of Kingston, OK; Roger Whipkey of Lubbock, TX; step-sister, Makayla Booze of Enid, OK; grandmother, Irene Harguess of Enid, OK.
Justin was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ivan Diel, D.L. Harguess, Berniece Thornburgh, and Lavern Thornburgh.
Pallbearers - USAF Honor Guard
Honorary Pallbearers- Eric Card, Chad Grebb, Jim Gerhart, Steven Foust, and Mike Jenson
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Wymer Brownlee, Diel Scholarship Fund, 110 N. Independence Enid, OK. 73701.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home South, 100 Beverly Parkway, Pensacola, FL is in charge of arrangements. You may express your condolences online at www.fcfhs.com
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