{"id":125748,"date":"2026-05-21T05:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/05\/21\/dorothy-dick\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:05:33","modified_gmt":"2028-11-06T05:05:33","slug":"dorothy-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/05\/21\/dorothy-dick\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Dick"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dorothy Eva Dick, age 97 of Richey died Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Wibaux County Nursing Home in Wibaux.<br \/>\n\t  She was born on May 19, 1928, in Munich, N.D., the fourth of 11 children of John and Agnes (Friesen) Unger.  She attended school in Munich through the eighth grade before continuing her education with two years of Bible school and later nursing  training in Beatrice, Neb. Her faith remained a guiding force throughout her life.<br \/>\n\t  She married Leonard \u201cBud\u201d Dick on Oct. 14, 1949. The couple farmed near Egeland, N.D., before moving to Montana  in the fall of 1956. Farming  was not simply work to her \u2014 it was part of the life she built beside Leonard and their family. Even after Leonard\u2019s  death in 2004, she continued  helping her son Lenny move equipment and assist with the operation well into her later years. One family memory often shared was Leonard\u2019s simple explanation for why he married Dorothy: \u201cBecause she knew how to work.\u201d<br \/>\n\t  She spent many winters in Texas alongside Leonard and continued making those trips for several years after his death with the help of her brother Allen until the COVID pandemic. She also treasured the many trips and visits she shared with siblings,  family and dear friends over the years.<br \/>\n\t  More than anything else, she loved and worried over her family, friends and neighbors.  She was known as someone  who would quietly arrive when there was trouble, stay as long as needed and help carry the burden until things were better. She possessed a servant\u2019s heart and treated everyone as her neighbor, living out the words of  Galatians  5:13: \u201cServe one another humbly in love.\u201d<br \/>\n\t  Her greatest passion was her family \u2014 her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren  and siblings. She faithfully prayed that those she loved would know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior  and that they would all one day meet again in Heaven.  Her faith was not simply something she believed \u2014 it was something she lived every  day. Alongside her husband  Leonard, who served as an elder within the Christian  and Missionary Alliance Church, she devoted countless  hours to the life and work of the church community. She served as head of church hospitality, was a dedicated deaconess and was actively involved with Alliance Women.  Missionaries traveling through the area and pastoral candidates were often welcomed  into her home.<br \/>\n\t  She also found great joy in creating with her hands. She loved quilting and carefully  handmade quilts for <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126006,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125748\/revisions\/126006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125748"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=125748"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=125748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}