In the 2009 What Our Reunion Minutes Indicate 1901-2005 reunion paper, Frank Disinger highlighted the lives of 5 notable Disinger family members he called the "Dei-lights". Those 5 people certainly deserved to be pointed out, but Frank left out other Disingers who could have been included, for example, himself. Some of them were even in his own immediate family. He may have intended to extend the list before he passed away but didn't get around to it. Below are additional family members who have distinguished themselves in the last 250+ years in different categories. 

* Frank's original Dei-lights

Military Service (77)

Nicolaus Deissinger 1755-1841 American Revolution

Johan Wilhelm Deissinger 1750-1822 American Revolution

Johan George Deissinger 1757- American Revolution

George Deissinger 1786-1847 War of 1812

David Deissinger 1791-1852 War of 1812

Thomas W. Disinger 1845-1865 Civil War KIA

Henry Dysinger 1832-1865 Civil War KIA

Isaac Dysinger 1834-1865 Civil War KIA

David D. Dysinger 1841-1901 Civil War Co. F 150th Ind. Inf.

Thomas C McEwen 1841-1894 Civil War Co. H 49th Oh. Inf.

Henry A. Ernest 1845-1922 Civil War Co. H 151st NY

George W Disinger 1838-1936 Civil War  Co H 176 Ohio Inf.

George E. Haedicke 1873-1955 Span. Am. War, WWI

Edward Truax 1874-1954 Span. Am. War

Fred R. Dysinger 1888-1981 WWI flying cadet

Thomas Grant 1889-1940 WWI

Jesse R. Hummel xxxx-1960 WWI

Ellis S. Disinger 1888-1973 WWI

Elmer Harpst 1888-1918 WWI KIA

Allan E. Disinger Atty 1892-1972 WWI

Estley Truax 1894-1950 WWI

Henry W. Harpst 1895-1988 WWI

Roy C. Kinnie 1898-1970 WWI Marine

Glen H. Dysinger 1898-1994 WWI

Harry Truax 1899-1964 WWII

James D. Dysinger 1905-1961 WWII US Army AF

F. E. "Dutch" Dysinger 1912-2002 pre-WWII Marine

Arthur S Dysinger 1913-1988 WWII Navy

John Reich 1914-1998 WWII Army

Francis J Landers 1916-1944 WWII KIA Purple Heart

Wallace Jack 1914-1977 Army Air Force

Herman Haedicke 1914-2001 WWII

Wilbur Taylor 1916-1974 WWII

Robert H Coker 1916-2005 US Navy Lt.

Thomas A. Haedicke Dr. 1917-1980 WWII, Korea, MD, Army

Ernest Behe 1918-1962 Army, Ft. Bragg

Walter Regling 1923-1974 WWII

Wells Elmer Behee Rev 1925-2011 WWII

Gordon C. Hawley 1921-1944 WWII DNB

Frank A. Disinger 1922-2013 WWII Navy Sub srvc

Leo Piantoni 1923-2010 WWII

Leonard S Dysinger 1918-1985 WWII Air Force Col.

Samuel McCoy 1918-1992 WWII

Ivan J Coker 1921-2004 WWII Army

Robert C. Dysinger 1922-2011 WWII US Navy

William C. Dysinger * 1922-2003 WWII, Kor., Vietnam, Col., PH

W. "Stan" Dysinger 1922-1995 WWII

Robert E. Dysinger 1922-1996 WWII Air Force

Richard C. Fredericks 1926-1981 WWII

Donald E. Disinger 1928-1992 WWII Navy

Charles W. Ligon 1927-2016 WWII

Harry M. Truax 1899-1964 WWII inducted 1942

Harry E. Truax Jr 1920-1972 WWII

Emory G Wall, Jr. 1922-2017 WWII Normandy

Robert V. Behe 1924-1999 WWII Army PH

Richard Wall 1926-1968 WWII

Robert D Wall 1926-2009 WWII

Hans J. Hitzemann 1921-2010 WWII

Judson C. Behe 1923-2002 WWII

Peter J. DePuy DVM 1920-2007 WWII

James S. Yates 1921-2012 WWII Coast Guard

William D. Tolhurst * 1922-2005 Coast Guard 1942-46

Robert C. Dysinger 1922-2011 WWII Navy

Loren R Peters 1918-1999 WWII Purple Heart

LaVerne C. Dallaportas 1927-2005 Navy

Henry A. Keyes 1929-2015 Navy 1948-50

Robert E. Truax 1930-2008 Army 1948-52

Richard W. Truax 1934-2019 Army 1952-55

Roger Miner 1935-2022 Army 1955-57

Willard Dysinger 1935-2020 Army 1957-59

Clyde A. Rankie 1931-2015 Korea

Harley Branch 1931-2022 Korea Marine

Harold R. Truax 1932-2017 Korea

Robert W. Behe 1931-2015 Korea

John S. Wall 1931-1955 Air Force

Clayton W. Mallaber 1936-2004 Korea

John F. Disinger Ph.D. 1930-2005 Korea

Larry R. M. Hitchcock 1938-2014 Air Force 1956

Kenneth P. Truax 1938-2001 Navy 1958-60

Phillip E. Petty 1942-2021 US Army

Lonnie L. Dysinger 1943-2018 Army 1968-69

Anthony D Amata Jr 1944-2019 Vietnam

Robert C. Disinger 1945-2024 US Navy

Richard A. Brauer 1948-2011 Vietnam

Richard J. Dodge 1947-2008 Vietnam

Anna Truax 1949-1992 Vietnam

Brian Christman 1961-2014 US Navy

There are many more that will be added.

Historic

Henry Dana Soule 1900-1982 direct descendant of George Soule 1620 Mayflower passenger

Merle E. Dunakin 1880–1966 direct descendant of William Brewster 1620 Mayflower leader

Attorneys

Pamela (Williams) Dysinger     -2015 George Washington U.

Gary E. Roberts 1943-1986 U. Buffalo

Allan E. Disinger 1892-1972 Cornell U. grad.

Stacy D. Behe 1874-1959

Roy H. Ernest 1875-1941 police judge

Medical

Dr. Clark Ernest 1858-1936 physician

Dr. Thomas A. Haedicke 1917-1980 physician, US Army

Peter J. DePuy DVM 1920-2007 veterinarian 

Hans J. Hitzemann 1921-2010 pharmacist

Dr. Paul W. Dysinger 1927-2025 physician

Dr. Calvin J. Dysinger 1955- anesthesiologist

Alma Dysinger 1917-1997 LPN

Geraldine Behe 1922-1944 student nurse

Mary (Prendergast) Truax 1926-1972 RN

Lance L. Truax * 1957 - EMT

Jeffery S. Mallaber 1958-2021 PA

Education/Teacher

C. Franklin Disinger 1854-1925 rural school

W. Elwin Disinger 1866-1949 school board

Albert D Dysinger 1878-1934 Junior HS

Mable V Dysinger 1890-1979 teacher, Oak Park, IL

Earl S Dysinger 1893-1973 HS teacher

Glen H. Dysinger * 1898-1994 principal/sup.

James Shenton Ph.D. 1913-2003 college president

Frances (Smith) Nelson 1930-2009 grade school

Helen (Nevin) Sheldon 1914-2014 grade school

Wells Elmer Behee Rev. 1925-2011 high school

Mary (Newhall) Behee 1926-2011 grade school

Norma (Vescovi) Disinger 1930-2018 music

John F. Disinger Ph.D. 1930-2005 professor

Larry R. M. Hitchcock 1938-2014 high school

John Truax Ph.D. 1947-2002 art

David S. Dallaportas 1948-2015 administrator

Government

Samuel A. Disinger 1835-1910 Town Sup. Lockport

Chauncey E. Ernest 1850-1918 Town Sup/Justice of Peace

Harvey Disinger 1857-1923 Town Clerk Lockport 

C. Franklin Disinger 1854-1925 Town Sup. Lockport

W. Elwin Disinger 1866-1949 GOP committeeman

Roy H. Ernest 1875-1941 tax appraiser

Glenn W. Disinger  1879-1929 Town Sup. Royalton

Floyd E. Dysinger 1899-1991 Town Sup. Perry, MI

Richard A. Brauer 1948-2011 Town Sup. Pendleton

Deborah (Rankie) Gaskill 1951-2013 Dep. Town Sup. Lockport

Sports/Entertainment/Arts

Harvey Ernest 1854-1934 horse trainer/owner

Foster Disinger 1882-1969 pro photographer

Gene Gavin/Tuttle 1930-2015 NY Broadway dancer

Joshua Betts * 1982 - college/NFL quarterback

note- Even though every effort was made to find everyone for the lists above surely some people were inadvertently missed, so our apologies. The tool used to find the people above, the Search function of Google Sites, is somewhat unreliable and misses finding text at times for no apparent reason. Keep in mind however that most of the people above are deceased. Nobody living is included except a few with an online presence elsewhere. Most facts about a person's life or occupation came from their obituary or a newspaper/magazine article. Without a published obit or article, it can be hard to discover someone's accomplishments.