John R. Dyck, 86, Minneapolis, passed away Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Salina Regional Health Center. He was born October 28, 1926 in Harvey County to John J. and Mary (Dirks) Dyck.

John was an elementary and junior high principal in Ramona, Lehigh, Canton, and Minneapolis. He was an active member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Salina and the V.F.W. Post #3201 and Noon Lions Club both of Minneapolis.

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Betty; children Barbara Roths and her husband Glen, Sonia Cooper and her husband Brad; and Jerry Dyck and his wife Gina; his sister Anna Marie Webb; and grandchildren Crystal Lamb and her husband Keith, Holly Cooper, Christian Dyck, and Elise Dyck.


Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 5 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Salina. Burial will be at 2:00 P.M. at the Lewis Cemetery, Ramona. Visitation will be from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M. Thursday Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis where the family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, the Lutheran Hour, Golden Wheel Senior Center, or the Ottawa County Relay for Life.