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Dyck, C.J. (Cornelius John), 1921-2014
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1921-2014
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-born in Russia on August 20, 1921, and immigrated to Laird, Saskatachewan with his family at the age of five
-married Wilma L. Regier in 1952 in Tiefengrund, Saskatchewan
-became a member of the Mennonite Church through baptism in 1939.
-had Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) assignments in Europe and South America, 1945-1951
-studied at Bethel College (North Newton, Kansas), University of Wichita (Kansas) and University of Chicago (Illinois)
-served at Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), 1954-1989 -- researching, publishing and teaching Anabaptist and Mennonite history
-served as executive secretary of Mennonite World Conference, 1961-1973
-named Professor Emeritus of Anabaptist and Sixteenth-century Studies when he retired in 1989 from AMBS.
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GRANDMA ID: 168968
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C.J. Dyck. Funeral home obituary.