Services for Dries Fikse will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in Luverne Christian Reformed Church. The Revs. George Koopmans, Bert DenHerder, and LeRoy Christoffels will officiate. Burial will be at Eastside Cemetery in Steen. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne and also one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Dries Fikse, 98, Luverne, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Dries Fikse was born to Evert and Eibertje (Stuivezand) Fikse on March 14, 1903, in the Netherlands.
He married Henrietta Christoffels on Jan. 12, 1927, in Edgerton. After their marriage the couple farmed in the Steen area until 1952 when they moved to the farm north of Luverne. In 1966 they retired and moved to Luverne. He was one of the first residents to move into The Oaks apartments when they opened. He moved to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center on June 1, 2000.
Mr. Fikse was a member of Luverne Christian Reformed Church where he had taught Sunday School and had served on the Church Board. He loved music and sang with the Steen Male Chorus. He also enjoyed visiting with friends.
Survivors include one son, Gerhard (Bernadine) Fikse, Morgan Hill, Calif.; two daughters, Evelyn (Ferdinand) Tilstra and Elaine (Andy) Steensma, all of Luverne; nine grandchildren, Gary, Allen and Greg Fikse, Arlyn Tilstra and Brenda Ledeboer, Steve and Stan Steensma, Sara Kooiman and Seth Steensma; 13 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Effie Christoffels, Visalia, Calif.
Mr. Fikse was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Henrietta, in November 1994, one daughter, Lucille Boeskol, an infant son, Gerhard Fikse, one great-grandchild, Tyler Fikse, five brothers and six sisters.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.