Dyck, Liesbeth Emilie (1898-1952)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 May 22 p. 6

Birth date: 1898 Feb11

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— Funeral services for Miss Liesbeth E. Dyck, 54, of Wichita were held Sunday afternoon at the Emmaus church near Whitewater, Rev. Walter H. Dyck and Rev. G. S. Stoneback officiating. She passed away at a Wichita hospital on May 14. Surviving are a sister, Frieda J., and brother Herman J., both of the family home at Whitewater, and Marie M. Dyck of Wichita. The parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dyck, who farmed for a number of years in Butler county.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1952 Jun 19 p. 10

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LIESBETH EMILIE DYCK

Our sister, Liesbeth Emilie Dyck, daughter of Herman and Marie (nee Wiebe) Dyck, was born on February 11, 1898, on the home farm one mile west and one mile north of the Emmaus Mennonite church northeast of Whitewater, Kansas.

She enjoyed her youth and school years in the home and in the local distrist [sic] school and in the German school near our church. In the spring of 1914 she attended catechetical instruction and on June 1, 1914, she was, through baptism by the late Elder Gustav Harder, received as member into the Emmaus Mennonite church and was given as baptismal Scripture verse, Isaiah 49:16 in which the Lord says, "Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands." She has always held her membership in this church.

Through the years that Liesbeth spent in the home, she was ever willing to be of help and to assist where possible; hers was a noble character, an example, in later years she made her home with friends in Wichita but always planned when weather permitted, to spend the week-end and up to a month or two at home. While in Wichita she enjoyed the friendship and fellowship in the Lorraine Avenue Mennonite church nearly from its beginning. She would not forget to tell us of the friends and the friendship that made her feel at home in the Wichita church.

When she could spare a day during the week, she very much enjoyed to help with Red Cross work. When called by telephone early in the morning or even during the day, she would always express her gratitude for the call. On last May 9, when she was called before 7:00 a. m., her plans for the day were to help with Red Cross work in the forenoon and enter the St Francis hospital in the afternoon.

Sunday, May 11, we went to the hospital to see her after the operation. She was smiling as usual and thanked us several times for coming to see her as if she realized what the next few days were to bring. Our deep regret is that we could not be present when she passed away at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of May 14, 1952, having reached the age of 54 years, three months and three days.

Her cheerful disposition, her willingness to help, always anxious to be of service in the home as well, as away from home, her witness in home life, in the church and in Sunday school are proof that her trust in her Lord and Saviour in whom she believed, have, for her turned from faith to sight. Thus comes to a close our dear sister's earthly life that was outstanding in service to others. The memory of her planning ahead, her cleanliness in word and deed, her love for hymns, music, honesty, unselfishness, ever willing to give and to be of service will live on.

Her parents, one brother and one sister have preceded her in death. She leaves to mourn her unexpected and sudden passing, two sisters, Frieda J. Dyck and Marie M. Dyck and one brother Herman J. Dyck, and one brother-in-law, Henry H. Toevs.

Funeral service was held on May 18, at 2:30 pm in the Smith Mortuary in Whitewater with Rev. Walter H. Dyck in charge and at 3:00 p. m. in the Emmaus Mennonite church with Rev. George Stonebeck of Wichita in charge. Music was given by a quartet from Lorraine Avenue Mennonite church and a quartet from the Emmaus Mennonite church. Pall bearers were Hans E. Regier, Edgar W. Busenitz, R. H. Penner, Jacob H. Wiebe, Albert J. Dyck and John S. Harder. Burial was made in the cemetery near the Emmaus church. — The Bereaved.