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Gerta Faye <I>Eaton</I> Dicks

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Gerta Faye Eaton Dicks

Birth
Howard, Elk County, Kansas, USA
Death
6 Jan 2002 (aged 91)
Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Zone D, Lot 117, Space 4
Memorial ID
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Garden City Telegram, The (KS) - Tuesday, January 8, 2002

Funeral for Faye Dicks, 91, will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City, with the Rev. Janet Hernandez officiating. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery, Garden City.


Mrs. Dicks died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.


She was born Oct. 16, 1910, at Howard, the daughter of John and Nellie (Powers) Eaton. She grew up in Hutchinson, graduated from Hutchinson High School and later attended Salt City Business College.


In 1930, she moved to a farm near Pierceville. She moved to Garden City in 1933. A homemaker, she also worked as a bookkeeper for the family business, Dicks Dairy, for 36 years, retiring in 1973.


Mrs. Dicks was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Garden City and the United Methodist Women, and was a charter member of Banner E.H.U. and of the Aurora Club. She enjoyed sports and the rodeo.


On July 31, 1933, she married Raymond Dicks at Cimarron. He died Jan. 21, 1982. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Willie Eaton.


She is survived by a daughter, Charlene Burke, Sabetha; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


Visitation hours are from 3 to 8 tonight and from 9 a.m. to service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Mexican American Ministries, in care of the funeral home, 412 N. Seventh St.

Garden City Telegram, The (KS) - Tuesday, January 8, 2002

Funeral for Faye Dicks, 91, will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City, with the Rev. Janet Hernandez officiating. Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery, Garden City.


Mrs. Dicks died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City.


She was born Oct. 16, 1910, at Howard, the daughter of John and Nellie (Powers) Eaton. She grew up in Hutchinson, graduated from Hutchinson High School and later attended Salt City Business College.


In 1930, she moved to a farm near Pierceville. She moved to Garden City in 1933. A homemaker, she also worked as a bookkeeper for the family business, Dicks Dairy, for 36 years, retiring in 1973.


Mrs. Dicks was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Garden City and the United Methodist Women, and was a charter member of Banner E.H.U. and of the Aurora Club. She enjoyed sports and the rodeo.


On July 31, 1933, she married Raymond Dicks at Cimarron. He died Jan. 21, 1982. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Willie Eaton.


She is survived by a daughter, Charlene Burke, Sabetha; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


Visitation hours are from 3 to 8 tonight and from 9 a.m. to service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Mexican American Ministries, in care of the funeral home, 412 N. Seventh St.

Gravesite Details

Interred 1/9/2002



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  • Added: Oct 24, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12147220/gerta_faye-dicks: accessed ), memorial page for Gerta Faye Eaton Dicks (16 Oct 1910–6 Jan 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 12147220, citing Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by scrap (contributor 46566254).