Sarah Dick

1924 - 2017  (93 years)

• Name	Sarah Dick
  Born	28 Sep 1924	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Female
  Name	Sarah Dyck
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-50070
  Died	13 Nov 2017
  Person ID	I50070	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Abraham Dick,   b. CA 1900, Of, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Agatha Peters,   b. CA 1900, Of, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F13005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Dyck,   d. 1998
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F26863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DYCK, Sarah (née Dick) At the age of 93, Sarah slipped peacefully into her next adventure on Monday, November 13, 2017. A true Child of the Sabbath, Sarah was born to Abraham and Agatha (Peters) Dick on Sunday, September 28, 1924 on a farm in Wilmot Township. The second of four children; sisters Helen and Anne and brother Arthur; she finished her schooling at age 11 after which she helped out on the farm and eventually found work at the Sunshine Factory in Waterloo. But nothing could quell Sarah's insatiable passion for learning. She excelled at piano and organ and went on to study at Bethel College in Kansas (where she met husband Bill), at UWO's Waterloo campus and eventually at the University of Waterloo where she earned a Master of Philosophy degree in English. With the inception of the University of Waterloo, Sarah, along with Bill and their daughters Julie and Vickie, returned home to Waterloo where Sarah fulfilled her role as full-time mother and wife, part-time teacher, musician, author, hostess, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. The family grew with the addition of Stuart Telfer, Barrie Drysdale and Richard Smith. Sarah's delight increased joyfully with the arrival of grandchildren Jessica (Jason Schnarr), Adam (Nicole Telfer) and Sam Drysdale. The recent addition of great-grandchildren Matthew and Lucy brought Grandmama Sarah much happiness. An accomplished author and translator, Sarah published several works after Bill's death in 1998. Her Mennonite heritage was explored in The Silence Echoes and Path of Thorns and favourite tales translated in Many are the Voices of Home and The Biblical Story . She also wrote poems, compiled a music book of favourite German and English Christmas Carols and wrote her memoirs. Despite increasing physical ailments, Sarah's curiosity, intelligence, eloquence and faith endured until the end. She knew it was her time to fly and she accepted her wings with grace and gratitude. She has earned her rest in God's arms. The family would like to offer a special thank you to the staff at Parkwood Mennonite Home, CCAC and Hospice Wellington for their care and support. Sarah's family will receive relatives and friends at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home , 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Friday, November 17, 2017 from 3-6 p.m. A memorial service to celebrate Sarah's life will be held at W-K United Mennonite Church, 15 George St. Waterloo on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 1: 30 p.m. A reception will follow immediately in the funeral home's Fireside Room. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Mennonite Central Committee, Hospice Wellington, or a hospice of your choice in your community. Donations and condolences for the family may be arranged by contacting the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445. Waterloo Region Record 16 Nov 2017 ____________________ LIFETIMES: She had a way with words … and longevity Sarah Dyck of Waterloo, born: Sept. 28, 1924, in Wilmot Township, died: Nov. 13, 2017, of age-related illness Two years ago, 90-year-old Sarah Dyck was pleased that her latest monumental work - a 600-page collection of Bible stories translated from a German text \emdash would finally be published after sitting in her drawer for 15 years. "I had finished my life story and tend to get bored when I don't have a job, I get restless," she told a Record reporter while sitting at her computer in her Waterloo retirement apartment. Sarah's intelligence and determination shone during the interview and completely turned any idea that age matters on its ear. Sarah was a voracious reader, devouring books and newspapers and she kept up on all the world events, said her daughter, Julie Telfer. Growing up under the guidance of her astonishing mother, there was never any question that Julie and her sister Vickie would attend university. Sarah understood the value of education, having missed her entire secondary school level. Born one of four kids to Russian Mennonites, Abraham and Agatha Dick, Sarah expressed annoyance that she hadn't been born on the ship that carried her parents to Canada instead of in a Wilmot Township farmhouse. It would have made for a much more interesting story and Sarah was always about a good story..... Sarah later worked in various factories including Sunshine Waterloo, a manufacturing company where she moved up quickly from the factory floor to the metallurgical lab and finally to the main office doing cost accounting. "She continued learning new things and got into different departments," said Julie. "She was a quick study." By then, Sarah's family had moved closer to Waterloo enabling Sarah's two younger siblings to attend high school. Once her sister Anne enrolled at the Mennonite Bethel College in Kansas, Sarah began to wonder if she too could aspire to a college education. Armed with nothing more than a breadth of self-taught knowledge plus four years piano training \emdash where she also excelled \emdash Sarah was accepted into Bethel's music program in a special category. The college soon recognized her abilities and placed her in an undergraduate degree program. While at college, Sarah found more than just the education she craved; she met Russian-born Mennonite immigrant Bill Dyck in 1950. A year later, the couple married and spent the next few years moving around the U.S. while Bill completed post-graduate studies.... Sarah's first translation was of letters she discovered after the death of her mother, details of life in Russia written by her grandfather "I was mesmerized," Sarah told a reporter of the remarkable find. Those letters were like a living history of Russia during the politically tumultuous period between 1925 and 1931. In the 1980s, Sarah translated a 1949 novel about Russian Mennonite refugees settling in Canada's West, written by a long-forgotten German author. Sarah was 82 when she took on that project after obtaining the author's permission..... Hill, V. (2017). LIFETIMES: She had a way with words … and longevity. TheRecord.com. Retrieved 16 December 2017, from https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7989859-lifetimes-she-had-a-way-with-words-and-longevity/

  
  

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  Born - 28 Sep 1924 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth