Here is the obit you requested for the following person: DIRKSEN MAGGIE born: 10/16/1874 F REST (OTHER) mother: MARTINS father: FAST died: KERN 12/30/1944 age: 70 yrs The Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Wednesday, January 3, 1945 Pg. 11 DIRKSEN, Maggie - Funeral services for Maggie Dirksen, 70, who died December 30, at a friend's home, were held January 2 at 2:30p.m. at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, the Elder Z. H. Coberly officiating. Interment was in Shafter Cemetery. Janzen Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Pallbearers were Jacob Baerg, Peter Isaac, J. F. Richert, J. H. Ratzlaff, J. J. Voth and P. J. Buller. Mr. and Mrs Dirksen had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary May 14. Mrs. Dirksen is survived by her husband, John J. Dirksen, Thomas Lane, Shafter; sons William Dirksen, Mountain View; Edward Dirksen, Los Angeles; Arthur Dirksen, Los Angeles; a daughter, Rachel Morris, Shafter; four sisters, Mrs. Anna Unruh, Miss Lena Fast, Mrs. John Voth, all of Shafter, Mrs H. I. Heinrichs, Chowchilla, four grandchildren. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer