Dick, Amalia (1925-2002)

"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.