Date : 14 Jan 1947
Location : Violett Cemetery, Goshen, IN
Mrs. Mennerca Dierdorff, 70, wife of Jesse Dierdorff, died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday at their home southeast of Goshen.
Mrs. Dierdorff was a lifelong resident of Goshen and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Rieth. She married Mr. Dierdorff Jan. 10, 1910.
Mr. and Mrs. Dierdorff were local representatives of the Elkhart County Farmers Mutual and Hoosier Cyclone insurance companies with offices in the First National bank.
The only survivor is the husband.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at their home, the Rev. Trevor Dillon, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Burial will be in Violett cemetery.
Mrs. Dierdorff was a member of the Goshen Farm Home Economics club. Friends are being received at the Dierdorff home.
The Elkhart Truth - Jan 13, 1947