Marlene Dierker          Send a link to a friend

CHESTNUT -- Marlene Demlo Dierker, 74, of Chestnut died Monday, Aug. 22, 2005, at 11:18 a.m. at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

A graveside funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Laenna Cemetery. The Rev. Joel Dietrich will officiate.

There will be no visitation.

Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home of Mount Pulaski is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Dierker was a homemaker.

She was born June 26, 1931, in Decatur to Herbert and Grace Hil Demlo. She married Kenneth Dierker on Feb. 5, 1950, in Decatur.

She is survived by her husband, of Chestnut; one daughter, Debbie (and Dan) Aughenbaugh of Decatur; two sons, Donald Dierker of Sandersville, Ga., and Danny (and Teresa) Dierker of Chestnut; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Chestnut.

Memorials may be made to her church or to Heartland Community Church in Decatur.