Tobias Dirks
Tobias F. Dirks, 91, Hillsboro, died Feb. 14, 2002, at Parkside Homes.
The son of Issac and Rachel Dirks, he was born Feb. 28, 1910 near Durham.
He was a businessman.
On May 24, 1936, he was married to Velma Friedly at Central Heights Mennonite Church. She died in 1998.
Survivors include sons Tobias Jr. of Rocky Face, Ga., Wendell of Hillsboro, and Dwight of Durham.; a daughter, DeLoyce Harris of Panama, Neb.; brother, Melvin of Lehigh; sister, Martha Unruh of Lehigh; 13 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Services were held Monday morning at Central Heights Mennonite Church, rural Tampa, with Pastor Roy Keller officiating.
Burial was in Peace Valley Cemetery, near Tampa.
A memorial fund has been established at the church.
