Individual Details
Henry Melchers Dirks
(9 Oct 1879 - 26 Dec 1956)
Events
| Birth | 9 Oct 1879 | Jones, Iowa, United States | |||
| Marriage | 18 Feb 1908 | Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States - Helene Anna Wilhelmie "Lena" Neunaber | |||
| Death | 26 Dec 1956 | Anamosa, Jones, Iowa, United States |  |
Families
| Spouse | Helene Anna Wilhelmie "Lena" Neunaber (1886 - 1956) |
| Child | Fred Henry Dirks (1910 - 1986) |
| Child | George Bernhard Dirks (1912 - 1989) |
| Father | Heinrich Melchers "Henry" Dirks (1841 - 1916) |
| Mother | Trienke Margaretha Hoefing (1840 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Diedrich Jakob Dirks (1871 - 1941) |
| Sibling | John Heinrich Dirks (1873 - 1950) |
| Sibling | Trienke Margaretha "Meta" Dirks (1875 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Taalke Maria Dirks (1877 - 1953) |
| Sibling | Herman Gerhard Dirks (1882 - 1945) |
Notes
Death
FUNERAL SERVICES SLATED FOR H. DIRKSDIED AT ANAMOSA HOME FOLLOWING BRIEF ILLNESS
Funeral services for Henry M. Dirks, 77, Anamosa, will be held Friday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m. in the St. Paul Lutheran church. Dirks died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at his home following a brief illness.
Dirks was born Oct. 9, 1879 in Wayne township, Jones county. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Helene Neunaber Dirks, who died March 8, 1956. Couple were married Feb. 18, 1908, at Marion.
Dirks farmed in Wayne and Cass townships until 1942, when he moved to Anamosa.
Rev. James Siefkes will be in charge of the funeral services with the Goettsch funeral home in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in the Wayne cemetery.
Casketbearers will be Carl Dirks, Ed Husmann, August Zimmerman, Henry Hults, Fernando Krommonga, ad Lawrence Neunaber.
Dirks is survived by six sons and two daughters. Sons include Fred, Anamosa; George, Springville; Elmer, Morley; Robert, Anamosa; Earl, Monticello; and Marvin, Mount Vernon.
Daughters include Mrs. Clifford Taylor, Anamosa and Mrs. Harold Bickford, Anamosa. Also surviving him are one sister, Mrs. William Folkerts, Anamosa and 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. [The Anamosa Eureka, December 27, 1956, p 6]