Physician and surgeon.
Born at Rosenthal, USSR on 11 June 1922, the eldest of five children of Agatha and Jacob G. Dyck, he immigrated with his family to Canada at the age of six. The family settled in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. After graduating from high school, he became a teacher and taught for three and a half years in Saskatchewan. During the Second World War, he served as a Conscientious Objector in the Dental Corps in the Canadian Army. On his discharge in 1946, he took advantage of a veterans’ assistance program to continue his education, earning a medical degree from the University of Manitoba in 1956.
In 1960, he earned a Diploma in General Surgery from the University of Manitoba, and shortly thereafter joined Westbrook Medical Centre in Winnipeg. He was a partner of the group practice until 1990, when he retired from practicing surgery. His last medical role was working as a consultant for the Department of Veterans Affairs until 1997. He was President of the Winnipeg Medical Society (1979), President of the Manitoba Medical Association (1980-1981), and President of the Canadian Medical Association (1986-1987). He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
On 3 May 1958, he married Alice Ellen Wiebe (1929-1997) and they went on to have five children. As well as being active in church life at Bethel Mennonite Church, he served nine years as a member of the board of directors of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, including six years as President. He was also a long-standing member and former President of Christian Investors in Education.
He died at Winnipeg on 20 October 2009 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 24 October 2009.
“Jacob Dyck,” Heather Dyck Family Tree, Ancestry.
This page was prepared by Lois Braun.
Page revised: 22 January 2025
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