Dyck, Aganetha Kroeker (1902-2004)

"Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2005 Feb 25 p. 28

Birth date: 1902 Mar 1

text of obituary:

AGANETHA (AGNES) DYCK

Agnes Dyck died Dec. 11. She was born March 1, 1902 in Kydaschewka, South Ukraine to Jacob and Helena Kroeker. She accepted Christ as Saviour at 17, after special sermons by Bible school students, and was baptized. On April 20, 1924, she married David Dyck. They immigrated to Canada in 1929, settling on a farm in Grassy Lake, Alta. In 1953 they retired to Coaldale, Alta. David died in 1973. She moved into Sunny South Lodge in 1987 and later into the Coaldale Health Care Centre. She was a loving, caring, and praying mother. She is survived by sons David of Linden, Alta., Walter of Winnipeg, Rudy of Saskatoon; daughters Helen Peters of Campbell River, B.C., Martha Janzen of Pincher Creek, Alta., Agnes Bartel of Coaldale; 27 grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren; 1 brother.