Dennis Steven "Steve" Dilks

Dennis Steven "Steve" Dilks, 58

SEAFORD - Dennis Steven "Steve" Dilks of Seaford passed away Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 58.

Steve was born in Waltham, Mass., on Nov. 18, 1948.

He was raised in Elkton, Md., where he graduated from Elkton High School in 1966. He was also a graduate of Elkton Community College with a degree in criminal justice.

From 1972 through 1975, he was a member of the Elkton town police.

During his career, Steve served in the U.S. Air Force from December 1967 to November 1971, with two 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.

He also played semi-pro baseball for several years in Wilmington, was a supervisor for Amtrak, 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.

Steve 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 past first vice commander and past trustee, and a member of Nanticoke Post 6 American Legion and the Moose Lodge, all in Seaford.

He was also a member of MENSA.

In addition to his parents, Betty L. Eckert and Murray A. Dilks, he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Ronald and David Dilks, and a sister Sherry Grayston..

Steve is survived by his soulmate, Phyllis L. Wilson of Seaford; a son, Steven Dilks and his wife Kim of Tampa, Fla.; a daughter, Stephanie Johnson and her husband Matt of Wilmington; two brothers, Michael Dilks and his wife Geri of Baltimore, and James Dilks and his wife Anne of Newark; two sisters, Peggy Payson and her husband Rob of Wilmington, and Bobbi Mendolia and her husband Joel of Melbourne, Fla.; two granddaughters, Macey Dilks and Caedyn Dilks; a brother-in-law, Bill Grayston of Seaford; a stepson, Christopher Wilson of Baltimore; a stepdaughter, Dawn Wilson-Enoch of Placitas, N.M.; and his former wife, Linda Davis of Wilmington.

A celebration of Steve"s life will be held at Virgil Wilson Post 4961, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Middleford Road, Seaford, on Sunday at 4 p.m. Burial will be private.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests donations to AmVets Post 1694, P.O. Box 98, Seaford, DE 19973; or to Virgil Wilson Post 4961, P.O. Box 496, Seaford, DE 19973.

Arrangements by Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Seaford.