Violet Frances Dick
1942 - 2021
Violet "Vi" Dick February 3,
1942 - January 28, 2021
After a courageous battle with cancer,
Violet Frances W. Dick, 78, went to meet her Savior on January 28,
2021, at Schowalter Villa, Hesston, Kan. She was born February 3,
1942 in Hooker, Oklahoma to Bill and Anna (Schroeder) Wohlgemuth.
She married William R. Dick on May 23,
1964 in Adams, Oklahoma. He passed away April 1, 2010.
Vi grew up on a farm near Adams and
attended Adams High School, Corn Bible Academy and graduated from
Tabor College in 1964. Vi taught at Ingalls Elementary School in
Wichita before moving to Hesston in 1970 with her young family. After
her children were in school, she enjoyed many years of work at the
Hesston Chamber of Commerce and Hesston College. She was a member of
Koerner Heights Church in Newton, where she and Bill were involved
with children's ministry, hospitality and leadership. Vi enjoyed
gardening, entertaining, traveling, and playing cards with their
spades and bridge groups. She was a faithful follower of her
grandchildren's activities and her OU Sooners.
Survivors include her daughters, Noelle
Dickinson of Newton, Hilary Dick (John Biehler) of Bel Aire, and son,
Aaron (Katie) Dick of Olathe; her sister, Loretta (Tommy) Lee of
Hesston and brother, Willis (Cindy) Wohlgemuth of Claremore, Okla;
grandchildren, Josh Dick of Kansas City, McKenna Dick of Lawrence,
Jorge Lobo of Kansas City, Wyatt (Emily) Dickinson of Hillsboro and
Nash Dickinson of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Bill Dick; brother, William James Wohlgemuth and
sister, Ruth Ann Wohlgemuth and son-in-law, Craig Dickinson.
A Celebration of Life service will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 6, 2021 at Koerner Heights
Church, 320 N. Meridian, Newton. Social distancing and masks are
strongly encouraged. The celebration will be streamed on the Koerner
Heights Church FaceBook page. Memorials may be made to Koerner
Heights Church Special Projects Fund in care of Jost Funeral Home
P.O. Box 266 Hillsboro, KS 67063. Online condolences at
www.jostfuneralhome.com
