Jim Dalke

Former mechanic Jim Dalke, 68, died Thursday in Hillsboro.

A service will be 4 p.m. Thursday at Hillsboro United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Interment will precede the service at 3 p.m. Thursday at Haven of Rest Cemetery, rural Hillsboro.

He was born July 15, 1946, to Abraham and Doris (Foster) Dalke in Hillsboro. He was a truck mechanic at A.M.P.I. He married Susan Bliss on March 7, 1970, in Hillsboro.

He was preceded in death by his wife, and one brother, Paul Dalke.

Survivors include: son, Ben Dalke of Hillsboro; daughter, Adrianna Meder of Gardner; brothers, John of Hillsboro and Dan of rural Hillsboro; sisters, Ruth Hamm of Hillsboro, and Mary Allen near Oklahoma City; and three grandchildren.

Memorials to Hillsboro American Legion Youth Programs in care of Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.