Dirks, Marvin J. (1911-1979)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1979 Dec 6 p. 3
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1980 Jan 3 p. 11

Birth date: 1911

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The Mennonite obituary: 1980 Jan 1 p. 11

text of obituary:

Marvin J. Dirks died November 30 in Bangalore, South India. Dirks was born 21 December 1916 in Halstead, Kansas. He graduated from Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, in 1936. He began his career as a missionary in China in 1939. He later taught at Mennonite Seminary in Chicago and Elkhart, Indiana. He served pastorates in many churches, including Boston Mennonite Church, Boston, Massachusetts, and Bethel Mennonite Church, Mountain Lake, Minnesota.