MRS* HENRY DIERKER i
RECEIVES FINAL -SUMMONS
Mrs. Henry Dierker passed away at
feer home three miles north of Elmore
last Friday morning, August 12, 1921,
|&t 9 o'clock, after a brief illness of
l^tily nine days. Her death is a severe
ghpck to her devoted husband, children
:and many friends,
1 !aM^^ Marie ^Dierker, nee Zuelch, was
Inborn 'in Lorain, Ohio, on January 28,
,1854. Her parents, who were natives
'of Hessen, Germany, came to this
\country in 1851, Nine years later they
/moved from Lorain to Harris town¬
ship, Ottawa county, to make their
[home on a farm' where Mrs. Dierker
|not only spent her early childhood
lei-jay's, but nearly 50 years of married
alife as weU. She was baptised m ear^v
^nfancy and confirmed in the Trinity
pivangelical church at Elliston by trie
isRevT Qiiles *of Elmore, who supplied
fihe ; congregation at that time. On
[April 5, 1873, she was united in mar¬
riage to John Henry Dierker by fthe
lev. Staebler. This home was blessed
iwith ten children, two sons and eight
tdaughters, one son and four daughters
preceding her in death.
faaShe passed from.*this life on Friday
fmornihg, August 12, 1921, at the age
jbf 67 years 6 months and 15 days. She
|s asurvived by her husband, Henry
CDierker, four daughters, Mrs. Eliza
•Longerman of Elmore, Mrs. Clara
fearnes of Port Clinton, Mrs. Gertrude
Gerdirig and Mrs. Dora Coleman, both
of Toledo; one son, Fred Dierker of
Elmore; four grandchildren, a host of
Relatives and friends.
unerai services were held Monday,
ugust 15, 1921, at 2 o'clock at the St.
ohn's Ev. church, where she was a
member, as well as of the Ladies' Aid
iSociety. Rev. Soell officiated at the
•services, which were largely attended
[by people from far and near, paying
jtheir, last respects to a beloved friend.
•Burial in Elmore Union cemetery.
