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"Steve" Dilks
Age 58 of Seaford,DE passed away Thursday, August 23, 2007 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Steve was born in Waltham, MA on November 18, 1948. He was raised in Elktom MD, where he graduated from Elkton High School in 1966. He is a graduate of Elkton Community College with a degree in Criminal Justice. During 1972 through 1975, he was a member of the Elkton Town Police. During his career he served in the USAF from December 1967 to November 1971 with 2 tours of duty in Vietman. He worked with various military and policing operation throughout the United States doing undercover work including drug interdiction operations in southern Texas. Steve also played semi-pro baseball for several years in Wilmington, DE, was a supervisor for Amtrack, a licensed real estate appraiser in a co-owned agency and a maintenance operator/ manager for private and commercial properties for the past 15 years in this area. He was a life member of Virgil Wilson Post 4961, Veterans of Foreign Wars, where he served as Post Commander. He was a life member of AmVets Post 1694 where he served as pats first vice commander and past trustee; a member of Nanticoke Post 6 American Legion and the Moose Lodge all in Seaford. Steve was also a member of MENSA.
He is survived by his soulmate Phyllis L. Wilson of Seaford; a son Steven Dilks and his wife Kim of Tampa, FL; 2 daughters Stephanie Johnson and her husband Matt of Wilmington, DE; and Bobbi Mendolia and her husband Joel of Melbourne, FL; 2 granddaughters, Macey and Caedyn Dilks; brother-in-law Bill Grayston of Seaford, step-son Christopher Wilson of Baltimore, MD; step-daughter, Dawn Wilson-Enoch of Placitas, NM and his former wife, Linda Davis of Wilmington, DE.
A celebration of Steve's life will be held at Virgil Wilson Post 4961 Veterans of Foreign Wars, Middleford Road, Seaford, DE on Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 4 PM. Burial will be held privately.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations may be made to AmVets Post 1694, PO Box 98, Seaford, DE 19973 or to Virgil Wilson Post 4961, PO Box 496 Seaford, DE 19973.
Arrangements by
Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford, DE
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