Obit: Diercks, Roland (? - 1963)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Diercks, Lightfoot, Holman

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 1, 1963

Diercks, Roland (? - 20 July 1963)

Funeral services for Roland Diercks, 33, of Belleview, Ill., were held there July 23.  He died July 20 in Hines Veterans Hospital where he had haven a patient since last April.  He had been in ill health since being in a car accident 13 years ago.

Diercks was born in Illinois and lived in the Neillsville area during his early years.  He was a graduate of Neillsville High School.

He is survived by his wife; a five-year-old daughter, Kenda; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Diercks of Neillsville; two sisters, Mrs. James (Shirley) Lightfoot of Mondovi, and Mrs. Janet Holman of Rockford, Ill.; and by two brothers, Eugene of Vesper and Chester of Neillsville.

Among those from this area attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Diercks and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Diercks, and William Diercks of Neillsville and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Diercks of Vesper.