Doris Elaine DIRKS

DIRKS, BOELMAN, UHDE, LANSAW, RENNER, HAMAND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/31/2010 at 11:51:37

THORNTON - Doris Dirks, 72, of Mason City and formerly of Thornton, died Sunday (Jan. 17, 2010) at the Heritage Care Center in Mason City. A Celebration of Life will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at the Retz Funeral Home in Thornton with Pastor Rose Calderon-Kahn of the United Methodist Church of Thornton officiating. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until the time of the service Friday at the funeral home. Doris had expressed that her memory could best be honored by a memorial to Hospice of North Iowa in place of flowers for her services.

Doris Elaine Dirks was born Dec. 28, 1937, in Meservey, a daughter of Louis and Tena (Boelman) Dirks. She was educated in the Meservey and Thornton schools and graduated from La James College in Mason City. She worked in beauty shops in Forest City, Swaledale and Thornton. Doris also worked in the dietary departments at both Mercy Hospital and the Rockwell Nursing Home. For 16 years Doris worked as an inspector for Metalcraft Inc. in Mason City. Doris was a member of the Thornton United Methodist Church and formerly a member of Grace Methodist Church in Mason City. Her spare time was spent, fishing, cooking and spending time with her friends. She greatly enjoyed spending time with her nieces and nephews.

Doris is survived by her brothers and sister, Ronald (Judy) Dirks, of Meservey; John (Cindy) Dirks, of Mason City; James (Nancy) Dirks of Clear Lake; and Karen (Frank) Uhde of Thornton; sister-in-law, Elsa Dirks, of Republic, Mo.; and nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her special friends, Carolyn Lansaw of Mason City and Mildred Renner of Thornton. She is preceded in death by her parents; brother and sister-in-law, Robert, Louis, Jerry and Ann Dirks; nephew, Scot Dirks; and great niece, Jennifer Hamand. Retz Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
January 21, 2010