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Donna Dircks
DONNA DIRCKS
Clarence
Donna Dircks, 82, passed away at the Clarence Nursing Home on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Funeral services will be held at the Clarence Nursing Home on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. Cremation rites will take place after the service with burial at a later date in St. John's Cemetery, Clarence.
Donna was born Dec. 11, 1935, to Arthur and Edna Dresselhaus Dircks in Clarence.
Survivors include two nephews, Russell Dircks of Davenport and David Dircks of Tempe, Ariz., and also all of Donna's family at the Clarence Nursing Home, where she has resided for the past 25 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her brother Durwood.
Donna was a special woman who enjoyed talking to people whom she knew, taking walks with Jeanette and having coffee with her friends. She especially enjoyed wearing her beads and bracelet and getting gifts at Christmas from Mr. and Mrs. Claus. Donna Carol was everybody's little girl.
Arrangements are being handled by Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence. Online condolences may be left at www.chapmanfh.com.
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