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Obituary from Miller Funeral Home is as follows:

Ida Katherine Dieken, age 87, died Wednesday, February 10th at the Wakonda Heritage Manor, Wakonda, SD. Her funeral service will be at 10:00 am on Monday, February 15th at Miller West Funeral Chapel (41st and Valley View Rd.) Visitation with family present will be on Sunday from 4-6pm at Miller West.

Ida Katherine Dieken was born to Minnie (Haas) Cox and Leroy Cox, Sr. on July 21, 1922, in Salem, South Dakota. She was one of five children. She and her family lived on rural farms near Spencer and Salem and later moved to Hartford, South Dakota.

Ida married Henry Dieken February 23, 1947. They lived for a time in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and then moved to Hartford, South Dakota, until 1967 when, after Henry had taken a new position with the Police Department, they moved to Dell Rapids, South Dakota. In 1978 following Henry’s death in November 1977, Ida moved from Dell Rapids to Marion, South Dakota, where she lived until January 2008 when she took up residence at the nursing home in Wakonda, South Dakota.

Ida was a daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, wife, mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, and Great Great Grandmother, and a friend to many. To know her was to love her. She accepted Christ as her Savior when she was a child and for a number of years conducted weekly Bible Study Groups in her home in Marion. She was active in the Hartford PTA, Hartford American Legion Auxiliary, and was a Cub Scout Den Mother. She was active in the Dell Rapids High School Band Booster Club, and the Marion American Legion Auxiliary.

Ida is preceded in death by her loving husband Henry and daughter Elizabeth; brothers, Frederick Cox, and Leroy Cox, Jr.; and sisters, Evelyn Nelson, and Hazel Parsons.

She is survived by her daughter Katherine Vaillancourt (Yvon) of Vermillion, SD, and six sons: Richard and Elsie (Boy) Dieken, of Belle Fourche, SD; John and Laura (Partridge) Dieken, of Torrance, CA; William and Cecilia (Macatee) Dieken, of Tucson, AZ; Fred Dieken of Rapid City, SD; Ben and Sue (Keene) Dieken, of Lakeville, MN; and Andrew Dieken of Sioux Falls, SD., Sister-In-Law Elsie Cox, of Salem, SD; grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nephews, nieces and a host of grand nephews and nieces and great grand nephews and nieces.

Ida married Henry John Dieken on 23 Feb 1947 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA. Henry (son of Heinrich Johann Dieken and Eissine Janshen Haan) was born on 9 Jul 1918 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; died on 22 Nov 1977 in Dell Rapids, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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2. John Henry Dieken was born on 8 Feb 1948 in Hartford, SD, USA; died on 22 Jan 2011 in Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, USA; was buried in Hartford Community Cemetery.
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7. Elizabeth Jane Dieken was born on 30 Dec 1958 in Sioux Falls, Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA; died on 9 Apr 2005 in Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA.
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Leroy married Minnie Hass. Minnie was born on 30 Mar 1882; died on 4 Dec 1965 in USA; was buried in Olson, Salem, McCook County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]