Willard S. Dirksen
HESSTON - Willard S. Dirksen,
76, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2007) at Schowalter Villa in Hesston. He was born
April 6, 1931, in Goessel to John and Alice (Schmidt) Dirksen. He married
Maribeth Iserhardt on Oct. 16, 1991. She survives of Newton. He was a farmer
and a member of the Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church. Other survivors include a
son, Calvin and Carol Dirksen of rural Moundridge; a daughter, Jo and Ed
Fletchall of Wichita; stepsons, Peter Neufeld of Newton, Gregory and and Dwoung Neufeld of Cambodia, Martin and Noi
Neufeld of Tuscan, Ariz., and Jeremy and Kim Neufeld of Wichita; a sister,
Twila Bracy of Wichita; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three
great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, his first wife, Doris, and a sister, Lillian Fleming.
Visitation will begin one
hour prior to the funeral service, which is at 2 p.m. today at Alexanderwohl
Mennonite Church in rural Goessel. Pastor Linda Ewert will officiate.
Burial will be in
Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in care of Miller Funeral Home in Goessel.
