Memorial services for Darwin Rikkers will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at former Stateline Presbyterian Church, rural Ellsworth.
Darwin K. Rikkers, 40, rural Ellsworth, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2002, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., following a lengthy illness with cystic fibrosis.
Darwin Keith Rikkers was born to LeRoy and Dorothy (Dekker) Rikkers on Sept. 29, 1961, in Hull, Iowa. He attended school in Hull and later attended Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa. He worked in various places in the area as a mechanical draftsman.
He married Susan Craft on Jan. 13, 1988, in Inwood, Iowa. The couple lived in Rock Rapids, Iowa, for a few years prior to moving to a farm near Ellsworth. They raised a variety of animals including registered Herefords. They also bred a variety of dogs at their home.
Mr. Rikkers was a member of the National Rifle Association and enjoyed hunting as well as collecting and shooting guns. He also enjoyed woodworking when he was able.
Survivors include his wife, Susan Rikkers, rural Ellsworth; three daughters, Ashley Spurlin, Andrea Hauge, both of Sioux Falls, and Amy (Justin) Ross, San Diego, Calif., five grandchildren, Brady Spurlin, Mark, Chloe and Cassidy Ross, and Mason Taylor; his father, LeRoy, Hull; one brother Rick (Deb) Rikkers, Sioux Center, Iowa; and maternal grandfather, Christian Dekker, Orange City, Iowa.
Mr. Rikkers was preceded in death by his mother, maternal grandmother and paternal grandparents.
Heritage Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, is in charge of arrangements.