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Dirks, MaryAnn
MaryAnn Dirks, 68, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Inurnment: Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Gene H. Dirks; two daughters, Lisa Dirks (K.C. Munsell) and Robyn Kisling; a sister, Alice Kalusky; and grandson, Branden Kisling, all of Cedar Rapids; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, John Kalusky MaryAnn was born March 18, 1941, in Manitowoc, Wis., to John and Katherine Elfner Kalusky. She married Gene Dirks on Nov. 4, 1961, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church.
Her family wishes to thank Tracy and all the staff at the Hospice House for its tender care of MaryAnn.
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