Dyck, Marwood (1927-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Sep 10 p. 9 & "Mennonite Brethren Herald" obituary: 2007 Nov p. 29

Birth date: 1927 Jan 21

text of obituary:

MARWOOD DYCK

Marwood Dyck, 80, of Fresno, Calif., died Aug. 14, 2007. He was born to Gerhard and Louise Dyck in southern Ontario shortly after his parents immigrated from Russia.

In August 1954, he married Naomi Hiebert, whom he met while attending Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan.

They lived most of their married life in Fresno, where he was a teacher and administrator in the Fresno Unified School District for more than 40 years. From 1959 to 1965, he and his family lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he was director of Menno Travel Service. He was an active member of College Community Mennonite Brethren Church in Clovis.

Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Naomi; four children, Eloise Janzen and her husband, Herman, Christine Lovell and her husband, Donald, Carl Dyck and his wife, Sue, all of Fresno, and Elizabeth Gottsch and her husband, Michael, of Hillsboro, Kan.; two sisters, Louise Derksen and Frieda Willms, both of Ontario; a brother, Peter Dyck of Ontario; and 12 grandchildren.

Memorial services were held at College Community Mennonite Brethren Church in Clovis.

Editor's Note: The following obituary is from the Mennonite Brethren Herald

Marwood Dyck died peacefully at home Aug. 14. He was born to Gerhard and Louise Dyck in southern Ont., shortly after his parents emigrated from Russia. He attended Tabor College and married Naomi Hiebert in 1954. Marwood was a teacher and administrator at Fresno Unified School District for over 40 years, and later moved his family to Amsterdam, where he was director of Menno Travel Service. He is mourned by Naomi; children Eloise (Herman) Janzen, Christine (Donald) Lovell, Carl (Sue), and Elizabeth (Michael) Gottsch; 12 grandchildren; 2 sisters; 1 brother.