Delores Loraine Dieken 87, of Greeley, passed away May 12, 2013 at Bonell Good Samaritan Center in Greeley, Colorado.
She was born to William and Agnes Alf on April 3, 1926 in Tracy MN. She Graduated from Tracy High School in 1944. She worked as a bookkeeper at the Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Tracy, MN prior to her marriage to Lawrence H. Dieken on May 20, 1953. They moved to Colorado Springs and later to Buena Vista and eventually to Greeley, CO.
Delores loved children and daycare was her career for most of her life. She loved being with her grandchildren. Flowers and gardening were her passion and she definitely had a green thumb. She also liked to crochet, sew and read.
Delores is survived by her four children, James (Beverly) Dieken, Nancy Dieken, Katherine (Lonnie) Warren, and Lisa (Michael) Rothe all of Greeley. Grandchildren, Todd Dieken, Christopher (Jessica) Dieken, Brittany Warren, Brady Warren, Blake Rothe, Aiden Rothe and Teddy Rothe. Sisters, Betty (Delbert) Kolbe, Florence Smith, Sandra (Steve) Myers and her brother, Jack (Shirley) Alf and sister-in-Law, Betty Alf.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Dieken, her parents, William and Agnes Alf, her brothers, Leonard Alf and Dale Alf and her brother-in-law, Charles Smith and sister-in-law, Naomi Alf.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2013 at the Greeley Wesleyan Church, 3600 W. 22nd Street.