AMBOY — Dakota W. Piper, 14, of Amboy, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at his home. He was born July 27, 2002 in Rockford, the son of Nathan and Emily (Goldman) Piper.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday June 17, 2017, at the Mihm Jones Funeral Home in Amboy with the Rev. Timothy Draper officiating. Burial will follow in Ashton Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 10 – 1 p.m., on Saturday, at the funeral home. A memorial will be established. Condolences may be sent online at www.thejonesfh.com.

He was a student at Amboy Junior High School and had just completed the eighth grade. He was a member of the PBX Airsoft Club and was known as number 75 on the Amboy Junior Tackle Football team and number 80 on the AFC Junior Tackle Football team. Dakota loved the Green Bay Packers.

He is survived by his mother, Emily (Daniel) Goldman-Manning, of Ashton and his father, Nathan (Jillian Rieskamp) Piper, of Amboy; one sister, Maddilynn Piper and one brother, Kaden Piper, one step sister, Lila Rieskamp and one step brother, Liam Rieskamp; paternal grandparents, Larry and Eileen Piper, of Amboy; maternal grandmother, Cindy Goldman, of Ashton; maternal great-grandparents, John and Norma Atkinson, of Ashton; and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather Paul Goldman, and several great grandparents.