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''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 15 | ''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 1956 Nov 15 p. 8 | ||
Birth date: 1870 Oct 26 | |||
text of obituary: | |||
'''HELENA BECKER DIRKS''' | |||
Helena Becker Dirks, daughter | |||
of Rev. Peter P. and Maria Richert | |||
Becker, was born Oct. 26, 1870 in | |||
Karleswald [sic Karolswalde], Russia, the oldest in | |||
a family of ten. In 1874, at the age | |||
of four, she migrated to the United | |||
States with her parents and in the | |||
spring of 1875 they settled on a | |||
homestead in Turner County, S. | |||
D., west of the present town of | |||
Marion. | |||
Due to their pioneer life and | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Weekly Review obituaries]] | ||
Revision as of 14:24, 17 March 2015
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Nov 15 p. 8
Birth date: 1870 Oct 26
text of obituary:
HELENA BECKER DIRKS
Helena Becker Dirks, daughter of Rev. Peter P. and Maria Richert Becker, was born Oct. 26, 1870 in Karleswald [sic Karolswalde], Russia, the oldest in a family of ten. In 1874, at the age of four, she migrated to the United States with her parents and in the spring of 1875 they settled on a homestead in Turner County, S. D., west of the present town of Marion.
Due to their pioneer life and