Betty Dirks

Services for Hillsboro retiree Betty Dirks, 86, who died Friday at Parkside Home, were to have been this morning at Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church, with burial in Gnadenau Cemetery.

Born May 14, 1931, in Inman to George and Sara (Harms) Kornelsen, she married Ernie Dirks on June 12, 1953, in Inman.

He survives along with sons Norman Dirks of Hillsboro and Roger Dirks of Goddard, nine grandchildren and two great- grandchildren.

Daughter Sheryl Jones and sisters Rachel Friesen and Georgina Johnson preceded her in death.

A memorial has been established with the church.