Mary (Mae) E. Dierkes

Mary (Mae) E. Dierkes, 84, of Lincoln, passed away Thursday, May 4th at her home. On June 5, 1921 she was born to Neil and Mary (Hanlon) Daugherty in Derry, Ireland where she lived until the age of four, when she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she was raised. She married Donald T. Dierkes in Detroit on January 14, 1942. They resided in Birmingham for 30 years then moved to Lost Lake Woods in 1985. Mae was a homemaker and a District Manager for Vitality health foods. She was a member of St. Owen’s Catholic Church in Franklin, St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church and St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Preceding her in death was her husband and her son Donald T. Dierkes Jr. She is survived by 5 daughters; Celia (Patrice) Fox, Mary Ann (Kevin) Argue, Kathleen Adcock Lighty, Elizabeth Jean (Paul) Anstead, Linda Luise (Michael) White: ten grandchildren, Christopher, Montgomery and Shalieah Fox, Dawn, Garrett, Siobhan and Meghan Argue, Sthephanie and Mikael White and Chloe Adcock, and a brother Patrick Daugherty. Friends received Monday, from 6 to 9 with a Rosary service at 7 at Gillies Funeral Home, Lincoln. Funeral Mass will be Tuesday at 11:00AM at St. Gabriel’s in Black River with Rev. Stan Bereda officiating. Burial will be in Holy Sepulchre in Southfield 11:00 AM on Friday. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary (Mae) E. Dierkes, please visit our flower store.