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Duerksen, Menno, 1916-2005
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Born 23 June 1916 in Oklahoma. Parents: Jacob C. Duerksen and Maria Ann Friesen. Married Ruth Kerns in 1966. Married Theresa Folkerts 13 Mar 1971. No children, although Theresa Folkerts had children from previous marriage.
Died 20 June 2005, Memphis. Tennessee.
Author of <em>Dear God I'm Only a Boy</em> and <em>Memphis Belle</em>.
Career as a journalist with United Press, covered Nuremberg Trials and founding of Israel. Later with <em>Memphis Press-Scimitar</em> covered Civil Rights movement.