Darlene Dierksen 1929-1965

DIERKSEN, BENISCHEK, HOUSTON, VANSICKLE

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Date: 10/11/2021 at 10:10:24

November 26, 1965 - Monticello Express

OXFORD JCT. - Funeral services for Mrs. Darlene Benischek Dierksen, 36, of Clinton, who was killed Nov. 15 in an auto accident near Albany, Ill. were held Wednesday, Nov. 17, at Hayden Funeral home with burial at Mayflower cemetery.

Mrs. Dierksen was born near Oxford Jct. Aug. 29, 1929, the daughter of Louis and Frances Benischek and lived here until her marriage to Jack Dierksen.

Survivors include two children, Linda, 16 and John, 2; one sister, Mrs. Darrell (Doreen) Houston of Monmouth; two brothers, Robert of Oxford Jct. and Duane of Wheatland, and her grandmother, Mrs. Anna VanSickle of Oxford Jct.

Pallbearers were Otto Lasack, Ed Bicknese, Junior Koranda, Ronald Hansen, James Vacek and Herman Benischek.