This was the home of George Deibert and his family from 1964 until at least 1989.
Wednesday, May 8, marked the tenth anniversary for Deputy George Deibert with the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Department and began his 17th year of police work in the Bemidji area. These years of service began in 1958 when George became a police officer for the Blackduck community and covers the investigation of every imaginable crime from minor juvenile delinquency to murder. Though now a long-time resident, George is not native to the area. He first came to Minnesota to visit a friend he had met in the Pacific theater during World War IL That visit was followed by several Minnesota vacations until finally, an avid fisherman and hunter, he decided this was the place to be. Originally from Illinois, George served in the Army Air Corp during World War II and was recalled to service for a year during the Korean conflict. After his military service, in which he saw duty in small arms repair, bomb reconnaiscance, and demolition, George worked as an electro-plater in a factory in Elgin, Ill. Tiring of factory work and finding the call of northern Minnesota increasingly irresistible, he applied and was accepted for the position of police officer in Blackduck. George is a graduate of numerous police schools and is known throughout the state for his work with forged checks, as well as for his knowledge of small arm s. He is now the senior deputy with the sheriff’s department. (May 10, 1974)
He and his wife Adeline, a native of Blackduck, have lived in Bemidji since he joined the sheriff’s department in 1964. They have one daughter, Janice, age 9, still at home and two married children. The Deiberts are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Bemidji, and George is both a Shriner and a Mason. In addition to fishing and hunting, which he does with considerable expertise according to those who have fished and hunted with him, George maintains a vegetable garden and has a history of raising racing pigeons. That’s right — racing pigeons. (Bemidji Pioneer, May 10, 1974)