Stanley James (Jim) Grant Dirks passed away peacefully on December 24, 2023, at the age of 78 years. He was the youngest of ten children, born to Carl and Lucille Dirks, on May 16, 1945.
His family settled in Biggar, SK, where Jim was raised. Here he met and married Kathryn Crawford. They were blessed with three sons, Darren, Dale (Sean), and Dana. As a family the relocated to various places; Biggar, SK, Calgary, AB, and Rosetown, SK. The final move was to Prince Albert, SK in 1989, where Jim worked at the pulp mill until its closing in 2006.
One of these favourite pastimes was fishing with family and friends, at the river or on a northern lake. Jim was a passionate man, with a love of many things, including art, to which he passed onto his grandchildren. He was definitely a “people person”, enjoying life to it’s fullest. Hockey and slow-pitch were two of his favorite things, he coached and helped as a trainer, on many teams.
Jim is survived by his wife Kathryn, three sons Darren (Allison), Sean, and Dana (Janelle), three grandchildren Brayden, Aliyah, and Keaton, three step-grandchildren Jessica Fehr, Landon Smith, Tucker Smith, brothers Dale (Barb), Dave (Eunice), sister Norma Taylor, sisters-in-law, Nancy Hertz, Elaine Dirks, and Gen Dirks, brother in law Robert (Laurie) Crawford, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
He is predeceased by his parents Carl and Lucille Dirks, brothers Al, Laurie, and Jerry, sisters Lluella Besse, Sharon Ireland, and Elaine Caron, brothers-in-law Dennis Irven, Mike Hertz, Vic Besse, and George Ireland, sisters-in-law Audrey Dirks, and Margaret Irven, parent’s in-law Jack and Laura Crawford, and his beloved grandson Anthony James Dirks.
He will be mourned and remembered by all who knew him.
At Jim’s request, there will be no funeral. The family asks that, all donations made on Jim’s behalf, go to the Rose Garden Hospice, Box 2092 500 38th Street West, Prince Albert, SK, S6V 1E0.
They were a blessing to Jim, and his family, who were by his side.