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Amalia Dick of | Amalia Dick of Abbotsford, B.C. passed away | ||
Mar. 21. She was born | Mar. 21. She was born | ||
Dec. 23, 1925 to Peter | Dec. 23, 1925 to Peter | ||
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Orloff, Sagradovka, | Orloff, Sagradovka, | ||
Ukraine . When she was | Ukraine . When she was | ||
4, the family was | 4, the family was prevented from emigrating. When she was 14, | ||
her mother died. Her father remarried. When | |||
her mother died. Her | |||
she was 17, the family | she was 17, the family | ||
began the wagon trek | began the wagon trek | ||
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was 19, the family was | was 19, the family was | ||
repatriated to Siberia. | repatriated to Siberia. | ||
Her father died the next | |||
night. She worked very | night. She worked very | ||
hard; her job was | hard; her job was feeding the pigs. She gave | ||
her heart and life to | her heart and life to | ||
Christ and was | Christ and was baptized. When her stepmother died, Amalia | ||
was sponsored by her | was sponsored by her | ||
sister Mary Warkentin | sister Mary Warkentin | ||
to come to Canada, | to come to Canada, arriving in 1975. She | ||
worked in Tabor Home, | worked in Tabor Home, | ||
Abbotsford, for a short | Abbotsford, for a short | ||
time. She bought a | time. She bought a | ||
house in Yarrow, B.C., | house in Yarrow, B.C., | ||
where she enjoyed a | where she enjoyed a little garden. She knitted | ||
and quilted for MCC. | and quilted for MCC. | ||
She had frequent health | She had frequent health | ||
problems and moved to | problems and moved to | ||
Tabor Manor, then | Tabor Manor, then Tabor Home. She is | ||
mourned by her sister | mourned by her sister | ||
Mary of Abbotsford and | Mary of Abbotsford and | ||
brother Adolf in | brother Adolf in Ontario. The funeral was | ||
Mar. 28 in Clearbrook | Mar. 28 in Clearbrook | ||
MB Church, | MB Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld | ||
and Heinz Ratzlaff ministering. | |||
and Heinz Ratzlaff | |||
[[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | [[Category:Mennonite Brethren Herald obituaries]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:53, 6 June 2022
"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2002 Jun 21 p. 26
Birth date: 1925 Dec 23
text of obituary:
AMALIA DICK
Amalia Dick of Abbotsford, B.C. passed away Mar. 21. She was born Dec. 23, 1925 to Peter and Maria Dick in Orloff, Sagradovka, Ukraine . When she was 4, the family was prevented from emigrating. When she was 14, her mother died. Her father remarried. When she was 17, the family began the wagon trek to Germany. When she was 19, the family was repatriated to Siberia. Her father died the next night. She worked very hard; her job was feeding the pigs. She gave her heart and life to Christ and was baptized. When her stepmother died, Amalia was sponsored by her sister Mary Warkentin to come to Canada, arriving in 1975. She worked in Tabor Home, Abbotsford, for a short time. She bought a house in Yarrow, B.C., where she enjoyed a little garden. She knitted and quilted for MCC. She had frequent health problems and moved to Tabor Manor, then Tabor Home. She is mourned by her sister Mary of Abbotsford and brother Adolf in Ontario. The funeral was Mar. 28 in Clearbrook MB Church, Abbotsford, with Jay Neufeld and Heinz Ratzlaff ministering.