In Memory

Ernest Deiss



 
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10/31/14 10:16 PM #1    

Marty Palmer

I remember Ernie from Calton and Atrthur JH.  I remember how much he was into science and the way things worked.  I believe he had some problem communicating with most people in social settings.  I have nice memories of Ernie because he and I were friends because I loved Science and we shared that together.  It is nice he is rememberd here and I for one missed him when he left this Earth.  Thanks Ernie for your friendship!


11/01/14 10:22 AM #2    

Judy EckFord (Beato)

I always sat next to Erinie, as I was EckFord and he was Diess.  The alphabetical thing always threw us together.   He was incredibly smart and got nothing but As.   He was very quiet, and shy ,never spoke unless spoken to.  If I talked to him he would answer me in polite short answers.   We all kind of thought of him as different.  When I look back at it now, I wish I had been more talkative and friendlier to him.  I am sure he had some issues, and needed some help.   It's a shame that as young teenagers we are so quick to label.  I have thought of Ernie many times over the years, and wondered about him.  RIP Ernie Diess!  You are remembered

  some of my entries are showing Renee Whitney's name.  But I am Judy EckFord.  She registered on my computer, and now we have a problem?  Lol


01/29/15 02:39 PM #3    

Lois Deiss (Harriman)

Ernie was my older brother.  It was so touching to find after all these years that someone still remembered him!!  Thank you for your posts!! 

After graduation Ernie delayed going to college just long enough to be caught by the draft even though he was then attending Wayne State University.  He was inducted into the Marines early in 1966.  He was in the Marines for about eight weeks before being found unsuitable due to a character disorder and was given an honorable discharge.  About ten weeks later, Ernie took his own life.  That was July of 1966.  It would be almost thirty-five years later before I learned that he had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.  Perhaps you could think of him as similar to the character of John Nash in the movie A Beautiful Mind.  I do.

 


01/30/15 03:18 PM #4    

Nancy Gould (Gomoll)

Lois, thank you so much for sharing this information about Ernie with us.  I have always remembered Ernie from high school.  I thought of him as the smartest person in our class.  He was very quiet,  and I am sorry to say that like many of us I didn't take the initiative to reach out to him.  Isn't it unfortunate that as high school kids we are so into ourselves and seeking acceptance that we overlook the quieter kids who might need us most.  I have wondered about all of our classmates who are no longer with us.  So sorry to hear of Ernie's struggles and  your family's loss.


01/30/15 04:49 PM #5    

Christopher Delwiche

I knew Ernie at Carleton, Columbus Jr. High and Denby High. He was always very quite but highly intelligent. His best friend at Carleton was Anthony Gardner, another very bright classmate. Anthony decided to attend high school at Cass Tech and at that point, I think Ernie lost a very close friend. Ernie was very good in science too, so I don't know why he did not attend Cass Tech, too.. I was aware that Ernie was decease, but I had no idea he took his own life so soon after we graduated from high school. Rest in Peace, Ernie!   Chris Delwiche 


01/30/15 05:49 PM #6    

Sharon Pointe (Burkett)

Thank you so much Lois for educating all of us about Ernie.  I never even knew he had a sister.  His manner now has an explanation and I am sorry that he suffered in silence for so long.  None of us seemed to know how to reach him.  He was so smart and we were all in awe of that.  I am so sorry for your loss.  There is a picture of him in a class with other students - check my profile or Dan Churan's and you will see him there!

 

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02/01/15 05:08 PM #7    

Judy EckFord (Beato)

Lois, thank you so much for your entry on Ernie.  As I said I have thought of him so often over the years.  Not too long ago I used him as a subject on a life lesson to my granddaughters, about acceptance and being kind to kids that are different.  I told them if you go out of your way to be kind to people who need you, you will not be thinking about people you wish you were kinder to some fifty years later.   I think of how hard that boot camp must have been for him.  I am so sorry for you and your family's loss.  I am curious how it took so many years later to find out his diagnosis.     I am hoping to see you in October.   


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