Ira Sylvester Dietrich

PECK – Dietrich, Ira S., age 98, retired carpenter, farmer and welder, passed away Monday, March 3, 2014. Rosary 8 PM Wednesday, March 5, Funeral Mass 10 AM Thursday, March 6, both at St. Michael Catholic Church, 545 E. Main, Mulvane. Entombment will follow at Resurrection Mausoleum, Wichita. Ira is preceded in death by his wife, Bertha; son, Michael; brothers, Edward, Walter, John and Charles; and sisters, Bernice and Marie. Survivors: his children, Sylvia Thomas (Glen), Sedan, KS, Sylvester (Sandy), Chanute, Walter (Iona), Tampa, Mary Jo West, Peck, Martin (Vivian), Mulvane, Richard (Phyllis), Peck, Janice Davenport (Tom), Peck, Stephen (Donna), Wichita, Alan (Margie), Haysville, James (Angie), Wichita, Mark (David Merz), Wichita, Donald, Peck, Karen Patterson (Dean), Peck; daughter-in-law, Linda Dietrich, Howard; siblings, Joe (Della), Lone Elm, Tom (Eileen), Wichita, Margaret Marvin, Wichita, and Theresa North (Marvin), Wichita; 150 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A memorial has been established with St. Michael Catholic Church, 545 E. Main, Mulvane, KS 67110. Send condolences to smithfamilymortuaries.com.