Died 8 December 2006

Body donated to University of Nebraska for research

Published in Omaha World Herald on unknown date

BIRKS-Delores Mae, 80, of Logan, Iowa died December 8, 2006. Delores was born June 30, 1926 in the Hardscratch area. Her parents were Paul and Ina (Fountain) Foutch. She attended Mt. Hope country school and graduated from Logan High School in 1944. She attended business school in Omaha, working as a bookkeeper for an oil company until her marriage to Robert Coy Birks on August 22, 1948. Delores worked as a secretary for the Omaha Public School district and retired in 1987 after 20 years of service. She enjoyed camping, golf, and dancing. She and her husband enjoyed travel and did so extensively after their retirement. Besides her husband, Delores was preceded in death by her parents and four brothers, Marvin, Max, Karol and Dale and her sister-in-law, Marilyn Foutch. She is survived by her son , Roger Birks, and wife Jewell of Lincolnton, GA: daughter Diane Sievers and husband Jim; grandchildren Kevin, Daniel and Melissa Sievers of Fresno, CA; sister-in-law, Louise Foutch of Logan, IA ; nieces, nephews and friends.

She donated her body to scientific research at the University of Ne. No memorial service is planned at this time.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~