The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing is mourning the loss of sophomore student Matthew Lucien Dierker, who passed away Saturday, Nov. 15, in a St. Louis hospital from injuries sustained in a bicycle accident in Carbondale.
The 33-year-old Dierker was a Libertyville native. He had earned bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and Spanish from SIUC, and recently had enrolled in the SIUE nursing program.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Burnett-Dane Funeral Home in Libertyville.
Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Libertyville. A complete obituary is available here.
Southern Illinoisan writer Sarah Halasz Graham posted a story about Dierker early Tuesday morning.