Elva M. Calemine
1928-2018
Elva Marie “Diehl” Calemine, age 90, passed away at her home in Keyser shortly after midnight on Monday, December 31, 2018.
Elva was born December 6, 1928, in Hancock, Maryland, to the late George McKinley and Lydia M. (Mitchell) Diehl.
She often told stories about her hard scrabble yet carefree childhood growing up near the canal during the Great Depression. Her beloved cow Bessie was washed away in the 1936 flood.
