Individual Details
Benhard Gerhard Dirks
(28 Mar 1907 - 3 Nov 1936)
Events
| Birth | 28 Mar 1907 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States |  | ||
| Death | 3 Nov 1936 | Amber, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Father | Gerd Dirks (1868 - 1952) |
| Mother | Friederike Hermine "Recka" Dirks (1880 - 1960) |
| Sibling | George Henry Dirks (1899 - 1968) |
| Sibling | Wilham Dietrich "Will" Dirks (1901 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Johann Freidrich "John F" Dirks (1903 - 1980) |
| Sibling | August Janssen Dirks (1905 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Rhinehard Dirks (1909 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Engel Minne Dirks (1911 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Clara Margaretha Dirks (1913 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Anna Katrina Dirks (1915 - 2005) |
Notes
Death
THE WYOMING JOURNAL...NOV 5, 1936...PAGE 1JONES COUNTY FARMER ENDED LIFE TUESDAY
Ben Dirks, 29, farmer near Amber, four miles east of Anamosa, was found hanging in his barn Tuesday morning by Bartle Cross, who had gone after him to take him to town to vote Cross works on the farm of Louis Bramer, neighbor of Dirks.
Dirks was said to have been despondent over failure to release a farm he had worked.
Dirks was born March 28, 1907, on the farm where he died. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Dirks of Monticello. Besides his parents, he is survived by five brothers and three sisters. No funeral arranges have been made.
Suicide by hanging Gen. 4.7
parents: Mr. & Mrs. Gerd Dirks
5 brothers - 3 sisters
Endnotes
1. "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," index, FamilySearch , (https://familysearch.org: accessed 17 July 2014), Benhard G. Dirks, ; citing Wayne Twp., Jones County, Iowa.