COUNCIL #2323 - MONTGOMERY REMEMBERS
HARRY JOSEPH DIERKEN

 

Harry Joseph Dierken
Born in New York, New York on Aug. 14, 1923
Departed on Feb. 11, 2014 and resided in Gaithersburg, MD.

Visitation: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014

Cemetery: Culpepper National Cemetery

of Gaithersburg, MD on February 11, 2014. Much loved by his children, Christopher, Stephanie Lax, John, and Elizabeth; his grandchildren, Michael, Stephen, David, and Meredith Lax; and Joan Dierken Osmond. He served in France in WWII with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and graduated from The Catholic University in Architecture. He enjoyed Civil War history and was a member of the Washington Blue Rifles of the N-SSA and the 3rd Maryland, Co. A re-enactors. A funeral mass will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Martin's Catholic Church, 201 South Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, preceded by a viewing at 10:00 a.m. Interment at Culpeper National Cemetery, at 2:00 p.m.