Lawrence Stacy Dilks, Jr.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Dr. Lawrence S. Dilks, Jr., 90, will be held at 9:00 AM on Tuesday April 23, 2019 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Lake Charles with Monsignor Jace Eskind serving as celebrant. Visitation will be at Johnson Funeral Home on Monday April 22 from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM with a Rosary to be recited at 6:00 PM. Burial, with full Military Honors, will be at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St Louis, Missouri on Friday April 26, 2019.

Dr. Dilks died on April 16, 2019 at a local hospital.

A native of Glassboro, New Jersey, he has resided in Lake Charles for the past 25 years, having moved here in May of 1994. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and Navy, with 21 years of honorable and faithful service. He was a graduate of Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri and Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. He taught high school in the Ferguson-Florrisant School district in St. Louis County and served in college administration in Columbus, Ohio, from which he retired.

Dr. Dilks served for many years as a volunteer arbitrator for the Lake Charles Area Better Business Bureau. He also served as a heart patient visitor for mended hearts. He was a member of Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Lake Charles; the Lake Charles Contraband Chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America; the Model A Restorers Club; The Model A Ford Club of America; the Air Force Sergeants Association; the National Retired Teachers Association; and the Boy Scouts where he was an Eagle Scout.

He is survived by his wife of over 69 years, Delores A. (Ammann) Dilks; one son, Lawrence S. Dilks, III and wife Tari and four grandchildren of Lake Charles; daughter, Kathleen A. Barnett and husband Gregory and three grandchildren of St. Louis, MO; and ten great grandchildren as well as numerous cousins in New Jersey.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in his memory to the charity of the donor’s choice.