CEDAR RAPIDS: Mildred J. “Millie” Dirks, age 87, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at The Gardens of Cedar Rapids.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, May 7, 2018 at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone, with Pastor Mike Ferguson officiating. Interment will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Keystone from 3 to 6 pm. on Sunday. A memorial fund has been established.
Millie was born on February 11, 1931 in Dike, the daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Freese) Johnson. On September 7, 1958, she was united in marriage to William Henry Dirks at the First Methodist Church in Cedar Falls. Millie lived her early life in Dike and Cedar Falls, working 5 years at Piggly-Wiggly and 5 years at Viking Pump in Cedar Falls. The family moved to Cedar Rapids in 1965. She was a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. She was a longtime member of the Gladners Circle and spent 10 years in the Olivet Kitchen Band. She was also a member of the Cedar Valley Dulcimer Society.
Millie is survived by her sons, Leon (Kay) Dirks of Cedar Rapids, Neal (Cindy) Dirks of Knoxville; 4 grandchildren, Casey, Noel, Wyatt and Zachary Dirks; and 2 sisters-in-law, Berdene (Jim) Biersner and Joanne Johnson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband William; her son Clark; her grandson, Jacob and her brother Ronald Johnson.
Online condolences may be left at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com
CEDAR RAPIDS: Mildred J. “Millie” Dirks, age 87, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at The Gardens of Cedar Rapids.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, May 7, 2018 at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone, with Pastor Mike Ferguson officiating. Interment will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Keystone from 3 to 6 pm. on Sunday. A memorial fund has been established.
Millie was born on February 11, 1931 in Dike, the daughter of Thomas and Caroline (Freese) Johnson. On September 7, 1958, she was united in marriage to William Henry Dirks at the First Methodist Church in Cedar Falls. Millie lived her early life in Dike and Cedar Falls, working 5 years at Piggly-Wiggly and 5 years at Viking Pump in Cedar Falls. The family moved to Cedar Rapids in 1965. She was a member of Olivet Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. She was a longtime member of the Gladners Circle and spent 10 years in the Olivet Kitchen Band. She was also a member of the Cedar Valley Dulcimer Society.
Millie is survived by her sons, Leon (Kay) Dirks of Cedar Rapids, Neal (Cindy) Dirks of Knoxville; 4 grandchildren, Casey, Noel, Wyatt and Zachary Dirks; and 2 sisters-in-law, Berdene (Jim) Biersner and Joanne Johnson.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband William; her son Clark; her grandson, Jacob and her brother Ronald Johnson.
Online condolences may be left at www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com
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