The Dutch and American Gase and related families

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Family Group Sheets
(compiled by Ronald A. Gase. Please email me for corrections, additions, questions or if you have special personal requests)
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(site updated Saturday, October 24th, 2025)
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Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Melvin Gustav Henry DIERKSHEIDE
	Birth	4 January 1940	Pemberville, Wood County, Ohio, USA
	Death	9 September 2018	New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery, Coffee County, Alabama, USA
	Occupation		welder and machinist, farmer and businessman;
	Marriage	about 1958
	Divorce	28 February 1978	Logan County, Ohio, USA
	Father	Carl Wilhelm Otto "Otto" DIERKSHEIDE
	Mother	Emma Louesa BECHSTEIN
WIFE Dalene Therese ZENDER
	Birth	9 November 1942	Fostoria, Ohio, USA
	Death	20 September 2022	home, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, USA
	Marriage	29 June 1993	Charles Waller SMITHER Jr.; Walker County, Texas, USA
	Father	Raphael Herman "Ralph" ZENDER
	Mother	Mae Catherine THIRY
CHILDREN
M	Robin Otto DIERKSHEIDE
	Birth	22 October 1959	Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
F	Fawn Jamie DIERKSHEIDE
	Birth	29 January 1961	Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA
F	Theresa Emma DIERKSHEIDE
	Birth	25 September 1963	Ohio, USA
M	David Ralph DIERKSHEIDE
	Birth	8 August 1972	Ohio, USA