Dyck, Abraham J. (1888-1959)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 7 p. 3

Birth date: 1888 Oct 14

text of obituary:

Retired Minister Called Away In Death

REV. A. J. DYCK PASSED AWAY IN HUTCHINSON HOSPITAL MAY 5

Buhler, Kan. — Rev. A. J. Dyck, 70, retired pastor of the Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church, of which he was elder for 21 years and previous to that associate pastor for 14 years, died at Grace Hospital in Hutchinson at 11 a. m., Tuesday, May 5, only a few minutes after entering the hospital.

Death was due to a heart attack. Rev. Dyck had been ill for about a month but was up and around even the day before his death.

Rev. Dyck was born in Harvey county on Oct. 14, 1888. On Aug. 30, 1912 he married Margaret Schmidt, who now survives him. They lived on the farm near the Hoffnunsau Church until 1953, when they moved to Buhler.

Rev. Dyck was active in the Western District and General conferences and was a former member of the board of directors of Bethel College, Bethel Deaconess Hospital and of the Herald Publishing Co. He had also been a public school teacher for eight years.

Among the immediate relatives surviving him are his wife; one son, Abe of Inman; five daughters, Mrs. Hilda Enns, Inman, Mrs. Lena Martens, Buhler, Mrs. Rosella Toevs and Mrs. Bertha Toews, both of Whitewater, all with their families, and Alma Ruth Dyck of El Dorado; two brothers, Peter J. and John, both of Buhler; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Nachtigal, Halstead, and Mrs. Sarah Nikkel, Buhler, and 14 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, May 9, at 9:00 a. m. at Butler's Chapel in Buhler, and at 9:45 a. m. in the Hoffnungsau Church. Rev. Albert Gaeddert, pastor of the church, will be in charge.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1959 May 21 p. 8