![]() Victor was an intellectual with wide ranging interests, including science, history, politics, religion and sports. The family all joyously celebrated his 90th year with him on September 25. He is survived by his stepson and caregiver Norman Barton (Susan), brother John (Fay), sisters Elizabeth, Rosemarie (Arnold Thiessen), and Marguerite (Rudolph Dyke), sister-in-law Betty Dirks and many nieces and nephews. Victor was predeceased by his wives, Frances Schifflet (1978) and Margaret Barton (2006), his parents Alexander and Agnes Dirks, brothers Neil and Henry and sister Irene. In 1972, he moved to Ontario where he worked as a scientist at the Harrow Research Station, Department of Agriculture until his retirement. He was a teaching professor at the South Dakota State University and the University of Minnesota. at the University of Minnesota in plant genetics. (Agriculture) at the University of Manitoba. The family settled in Arnaud, Manitoba where Victor received his early education, and later in Winnipeg where Victor attended Daniel McIntyre High School. ![]() He immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1924. Victor was born in Waldheim, a Mennonite village in eastern Ukraine. ![]() ![]() VICTOR ALEXANDER DIRKS AugDecemAfter a brief illness Victor Alexander Dirks of Kingsville, Ontario passed away on Decemin Windsor at 90 years of age. ![]()
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