A memorial service for Helen Elizabeth Dyck, 96, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dyck passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at her home.
She was born May 26, 1923, at Goessel, Kansas, to Jacob C. Reimer and Agnes Unruh Reimer. On October 5, 1947, she was married at Goessel, Kansas, to Ralph Carl Dyck, who preceded her in death on May 9, 2006. Mrs. Dyck accomplished many things in her life, notably she was a registered nurse for forty years, was a volunteer for Riverways Hospice for twenty-five years, was active in the Food Pantry and held quilt club meetings at her house. She donated a beautiful quilt each year to Mennonite Central Committee. Mrs. Dyck was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by three children, Max Dyck, Bruce Dyck and wife, Mary and Jay Dyck and wife, Naomi; five grandchildren, Jason Dyck and wife, Melissa, Anna Zerr and husband, Keith, Abbie Pinnegar and husband, John, Johann Dyck and wife, Stacy and B. J. Dyck and wife, Kristen; eleven great-grandchildren, Jaylen, Jonus, Alexis, Breianah, Heidi, Aliza, Jack, Lucas, Emily, Sadie and Camille; one sister-in-law, Janice Reimer; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, one infant daughter, Sandra Lee Dyck, three brothers, Milferd, Elmer and Leroy Reimer and one sister, Alice Goerzen, preceded her in death.
A private interment will be at a later date in the Howell Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Mennonite Central Committee and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.robertsondrago.com.
