Celly Dinges, 97, of Thornton, passed away October 30, 2016. He was eleven days shy of his 98th birthday.
He was born November 10, 1918 in Schoenchen, Kansas, the son of Paul and Clara (Randa) Dinges. On July 1, 1941 he married Josephine Dreiling. They were married for 68 years.
Celestine is survived by his sister, Mary Werth; three sisters-in-law, Betty Dinges, Joey Dreiling, and Gerri Dreiling; and many nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his wife, Josephine Dinges on August 11, 2009; son, James Peter Dinges in 1959; parents, Paul and Clara Dinges; and thirteen siblings, Al Dinges, Isadore Dinges, Leonard Dinges, Sylvester Dinges, Louise Weber, Irene Pfeifer, Ambrose Dinges, Germaine Hoffman, Jerome Dinges, Ralph Dinges, Rudy Dinges, Patrick Dinges, and Frances Kindsfather.
Memorial contributions may be made to Operation Smile at http://www.operationsmile.org/.
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