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Dirks, Helena Becker (1870-1956)
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