Individual Details
Wilhelm Dietrich Dirks
(6 Feb 1880 - 25 Nov 1959)
Events
| Birth | 6 Feb 1880 | Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 May 1902 | Wayne Zion Lutheran Church, Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Margaret Sophia "Greta, Maggie" Dirks | | ||
| Death | 25 Nov 1959 | Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Sophia "Greta, Maggie" Dirks (1882 - 1971) |
| Father | Diedrich W Dirks (1856 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Johanna Schaefer (1850 - 1912) |
Notes
Death
Will Dirks from Monticello Area Died on Nov 25Monticello - Will Dirks, Monticello, died Wednesday, Nov. 25, at Maquoketa.
Funeral services were held Monday, Nov 30, at 1:30 p.m., at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev Otto Zwanziger officiated. Burial was in Wayne Zion cemetery. Goettsch Funeral home, Monticello, was in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers Named - Pallbearers were grandsons and included August Wroblewski, Stanley Wroblewski, Bruce Dirks, Robert Dirks, Raymond Hinrichs and James Conley.
Life Outlined - He was born Feb 6, 1880, son of Diedrich Dirks and Elizabeth Shafer Dirks, Germany. He was married to Margaret Dirks on May 22, 1902. Couple made their home on a farm. He was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran church.
Survivors Listed - Survivors include his wife: four sons, George Dirks, Downers Grove, Ill.: Louis Dirks, Naperville, Ill.: Richard Dirks, United States army, Germany: and Clarence Dirks, Clinton.
Other survivors include four daughters, Grace Hanley, Peoria, Ill.: Mary, Mrs. Hank Hinrichs, Monticello: Edna, Mrs. Otis Thomas, Clinton: Ruth, Mrs. Louis Gerdes, Maquoketa; 26 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.
Source: Anamosa Eureka, Dec. 3, 1959
Endnotes
1. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 23 March 2017), Wilhelm D Dirks and Greta Sophia Dirks, 1902..
2. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 23 March 2017), Wilhelm D Dirks and Greta Sophia Dirks, 1902..