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Tjarks, Richard Dean
Richard Dean Tjarks, 77, of Lafayette, Colo., passed on Thanksgiving Day 2011 from complications of cancer/chemotherapy. Memorial services: 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at First Christian Church, Iowa Falls.
Survivors include sons, Tomas and family and “Rick”; son-in-law, Charles Beatty and family; and ex-wife, Lois L. Tjarks of Northbrook Manor, Cedar Rapids.
Dick was involved in community activities like delivering groceries to the elderly and coaching Little League and Boy Scouts. He was a Korean War veteran.
Published Dec. 8, 2011, in The Gazette
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