Dyck, Norman Thomas (1960-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1971 Mar 18 p. 6

Birth date: 1960 Feb 10

text of obituary:

Two Children Cave-in Victims in Canada

Buhler, Kan. — A tragedy at Abbotsford, B. C. claimed the lives of 11-year-old Norman Dyck and a 10-year-old companion, it was learned here March 6 by Rev. and Mrs. Nick Rempel of the Buhler M. B. Church.

Rev. Rempel is the brother of Mrs. Rudy Dyck, mother of the dead youth.

According to information received here, some children were playing in a dugout which they had made in the ground when there was cave-in, causing death by suffocation.

Funeral services for the Dyck youth were held March 9 at the Mennonite Brethren church at Abbotsford.

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Mennonite Brethren Herald obituary: 1971 Apr 02 p. 31

text of obituary:

NORMAN DYCK AND BRUNO BOLDT

Funeral services were held March 9 in the Central Heights MB Church, Abbotsford, for two young Matsqui, B.C. boys who died when the tunnel they were digging collapsed. They were digging with two other friends at the home of one of the deceased boys. Norman Thomas Dyck, 11 was inside the tunnel at the back of his home with a friend, Bruno Theodore Boldt, 9. The two boys who were not inside the tunnel called Mrs. Rudolph Dyck and though the boys were soon uncovered by parents and neighbors, they were pronounced dead on arrival at the MSA General Hospital. Norman Dyck is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Dyck; a sister Barbara; grand- father, A. J. Dyck; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rempel. Bruno Boldt is survived by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. William Boldt; one brother, Arnold; one sister, Naomi; grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Boldt, Saskatchewan; grandmother, Mrs. Anna Martens, Russia .