DIRK ALLEN BLACKSHER
Memorial services for Dirk Allen Blacksher, 67, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023, at the Joe E. Jones Memorial Chapel with Dr. Craig Darter officiating. Services are under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.
He passed away Feb. 1, 2023, in Childress, Texas.
Dirk was born Aug. 20, 1955, in Childress, to Denzil and Janet Imhof Blacksher. He learned to mechanic at a very young age. He spent some time working as a police officer and was also a mechanic for the railroad and Denzil’s Garage. He retired from Childress County as a heavy equipment operator. There wasn’t anything he couldn’t fix. He loved to tinker and loved his junk.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Trustin Wade; and a sister, Denise Stone.
Survivors include a brother, Darin Blacksher and wife Carla, of Lubbock, Texas; a daughter, Misti Blacksher, of Childress; a granddaughter, TaeLynn Blacksher, of Childress; a grandson, Tayson Blacksher, of Childress; a daughter, Julie Mojica and husband Rudy and family of Okarche, Okla.; and nieces Amie Seal, Kasey Smith, Mischa Anderson and Teela Gray, all of Childress.
