Dyck, Lois Bartel (1927-2005)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jan 2 p. 8

Lois Mae Bartel Dyck

Birth date: 1927 May 25, Saskatchewan
Date of Death: 2005 December 8, Ohio

text of obituary:

LOIS BARTEL DYCK

Lois Bartel Dyck, 78, of Bluffton, Ohio, died Dec. 8, 2005. She was born May 25, 1927, to Hugo O. and Marie (Funk) Bartel in Nokomis, Sask.

She was a graduate of Rosthern (Sask.) Junior College and Canadian Mennonite Bible College, where she joined a singing group called Octette, which toured across Canada.

On Aug. 14, 1952, she married Paul I. Dyck. They were missionaries to India from 1956 to 1968. She supervised a boarding school for boys being treated for leprosy. In 1972 they moved to Bluffton, where she worked as activities director for Mennonite Memorial Home. She retired from this position in 1983 to take on the work of home health aid under Blanchard Valley Hospital in Findlay. From 1999 to 2002 she also managed a bed and breakfast business from her home.

A member of First Mennonite Church of Bluffton, she was an avid quilter and textile artist. She was an active member of the Bluffton Scrap Artists.

Survivors include her husband, Paul; three sons, Rodney Dyck and his wife, Marie Yoder, of Bluffton, Curtis Weaverdyck and his wife, Shelly, of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Martin Dyrst and his wife, Elizabeth, of Chicago; a daughter, Doris Bartel and Su Flickinger of Riverdale, Md.; a brother, Dennis Bartel of Nanaimo, B.C.; a sister, Mildred Schroeder of Winnipeg, Man.; and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at First Mennonite Church of Bluffton.

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Nokomis, Saskatchewan
Daughter of Hugo Oswald and Marie (Funk) Bartel
Married Paul Isaac Dyck 1952 August 11, Drake, Saskatchewan
Lived at Bluffton, Ohio

Bethel alumni note:

Photo holdings:
See Paul I. Dyck for family photos

Sources:
Gen. of John Albert Bartel 1976, p. 25
Grandma Online Profile #378161
Find A Grave 72242706