Wanda Dirickson
SIKESTON — Wanda Fern Dirickson, age 84, passed away on June 3, 2024, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
She was born on April 4, 1940, in Sikeston, to the late Clyde and Geraldine Ford Salyers.
She retired from Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston in 2005 after 30-plus years of service.
She is survived by her daughter, Candy Dirickson of Sikeston; four grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and two sisters, Linda (Eddie) Dovers of Austin, Texas, and Carolyn Bourcier of Michigan.
In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by two sons, Wilbur Gene Dirickson Jr. and Ricky Lee Dirickson; and one daughter, Donna Jean Dirickson-Smith.
Visitation will be held on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11 a.m. at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston with Brother Dewayne Coleman officiating.
Interment will follow in the New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Missouri.
Pallbearers will be: Lane Dirickson, Ranger Dirickson, Ryder Dirickson, Rick Dirickson, Garrett Senn and JJ Morin.
Honorary pallbearers will be Larry Graham and Shane Graham.
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.nunneleefuneral chapel.com for the Dirickson family.