OBIT: Frank M. DILKS, 1962, Formerly of Lancaster County, PA

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Northern Chester County Herald
September 13, 1962


Rev. Frank M. Dilks, former Pastor

The Rev. Frank M. Dilks, eighty-eight a guest at the Cornwall Methodist Home, 
died September 5th in Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, after an illness of 10 
days.

Originally an insurance agent in Northern Pennsylvania, he entered the ministry 
at the age of sixty-seven. He held pastorates in a number of churches in 
Lancaster County before retirement in 1956.

His last church was Boehm’s Methodist Church in Willow Street. Prior to that, 
he preached in Morgantown, Churchtown and Conestoga-safe Harbor area.

Born in Salem. NJ., he was a son of the late William and Mary Jane Robinson 
Dilks.  His wife, Mrs. Rhoda Riegle Dilks, is a guest at the Cornwall Methodist 
Home.

His first wife, Martha Beodleman Dilks died in 1955.

Surviving besides his wife, are these sons and daughters: William L., Port 
Elizabeth, N.J.;Mrs. Ida R. Dasch, Philadelphia; Robert C., Oakland, Calif.; 
Mrs. Marian Merrill, Drexel Hill, Pa; and James R., Llanarch, Pa.

Also surviving are 11 grand children, 11 great grand children; and two sisters, 
Mrs. Florence Zimmerman, Baltimore, MD., and Mrs. Gertrude Burr, St. Paul, Minn.

Funeral services were held at Lancaster on Saturday afternoon, followed by 
interment in Fernwood Cemetery, Royersford.




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