"Anne Nina Dierks, 71, a resident of The Dalles, died at her 
residence on Monday, Oct. 17, 2005.
     She was born April 20, 1933, in Portland, Maine, the 
youngest of seven children to George Bradford and Helen Trafton 
(Ware) Peacock.
     She graduated from Gardiner High School in Massachusetts 
in 1951. She went to Winslow Secretarial School in Boston, Ma.
She moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1954. 
     She married Dieter C. Dierks on Oct. 29, 1962 in San Jose,
Calif., and they had two sons Dieter and David. The couple moved 
to The Dalles in 1997.
     She taught knitting at her store in San Francisco, Calif., 
and enjoyed painting and crafts.
     She is survived by her husband Dieter “Chris” Dierks, 
The Dalles; her son, David and his wife Jill Dierks, California;
and her sister Joeanne Gardner, Bellingham, Wash. 
     Private cremation was held at Win-Quatt Crematory in The 
Dalles and arrangements were made by Spencer, Libby & Powell 
Funeral Home."

Source: The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor

Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries, USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. 
Wakley iwakley@msn.com April 16, 2006