Individual Details
Engel Minne Dirks
(27 Apr 1911 - 24 Jul 1967)
Events
| Birth | 27 Apr 1911 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 23 Sep 1931 | Henry Anton Harms | |||
| Death | 24 Jul 1967 | Monticello, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Henry Anton Harms (1907 - 1976) |
| 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 | Benhard Gerhard Dirks (1907 - 1936) |
| Sibling | Rhinehard Dirks (1909 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Clara Margaretha Dirks (1913 - 2004) |
| Sibling | Anna Katrina Dirks (1915 - 2005) |
Notes
Death
SOURCE: MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 15....JULY 27, 1967MRS. HENRY A. HARMS....MONTICELLO
Funeral services for Mrs. Henry A. Harms, 56, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at SS Peter and Paul Lutheran church in Castle Grove. The Rev. Norton J. McCaughan will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery, Monticello.
Mrs. Harms died at 11:50 p.m. Monday, July 24, at John McDonald hospital, Monticello, after an illness of several weeks.
Minnie Engel Dirks Harms was born April 27, 1911 near Monticello, the daughter of Gerhard and Friederike Dirks. She received her education in the Jones county schools.
On Sept 23, 1931, she was married to Henry A. Harms. She and her husband farmed in the Monticello area since their marriage. She was a member of SS. Peter & Paul Lutheran church.
She is survived by her husband: six children, Louie G., Mrs. John (Byrdena) Boysen, Jr., Mrs. Dale (JoAnn) Yousse, Galen, Mrs. Kenneth J. (Ruth Ann) Bowers and Dorothy, all of Monticello, and 11 grandchildren.
Also surviving are four brothers, George H. Dirks of Amber, John F. and August Dirks of Monticello and Reinhart Dirks of Center Jct., and two sisters, Mrs. William Oltmanns and Mrs. John Martensen of Anamosa.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, William and Benhart Dirks.