Jennie M. Dirks Feb. 22, 1928 – Sept. 2, 2021

      Jennie M. Dirks, 93, of Monticello passed away Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Monticello.

      Visitation was held from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello where a memorial service was held at 11 a.m.  Burial was at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello.

      Jennie was born on Feb. 22, 1928, in Monticello, Iowa, the daughter of Harrison and Dorothy (Costley) Rundle.  She attended the Hardscrabble #9 School and then Monticello High School.  She married Marion G. Dirks on Nov. 23, 1945, in Monticello.  She worked for many years at Collins Radio Company in Anamosa and Cedar Rapids.  She enjoyed her family, crocheting and tending to her plants.

      She is survived by three sons: Mike (Connie), Douglas, and Greg (Jean), all of Monticello; grandchildren: Bret Dirks, Scott Dirks, Eric Dirks, Andrea Dirks, Gregory Allen Dirks and Matthew Dirks; 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; siblings: Daisy Heady, Dick Rundle, Carol Covington, Doty Bowen, Alma Brewer and Harriet Pillard.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Marion, a granddaughter, Wendy Dirks, and two brothers, Harrison Rundle, Jr. and Robert Rundle.

      Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello is assisting the family and information is available at www.kramerfuneral.com.

      Condolences and memorials may be sent to the family in care of Kramer Funeral Home, PO Box 791, Monticello, IA 52310.