Published by admin on Thu, 05/05/2022 - 9:01am
Leah Leatrice Dirks was born in Rushville, Neb. She attended Rushville schools.
After graduating she attended Nebraska State Teachers College in Chadron, Neb., receiving a short-term teaching certificate.
Upon completion she taught in rural schools in the Rushville area until she met Dewey Dirks at a dance after a baseball game. They were married June 27, 1951 in Rushville.
Dewey and Leah first lived in Martin, S.D., moving to Kadoka, S.D., in 1961, then to Custer, S.D., in 1986 and spending her last years in Lemmon, S.D.