Lilah Jane Dick

Lilah J. Dick of Devils Lake, formerly of Munich ND went home to her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 5, 2025, at Altru Hospital, Grand Forks, ND at the age of 99 years.

Visitation will be held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, ND on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a time of Prayer and Remembrance at 7:00 p.m.

Funeral Services will be on Thursday, September 11, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Salem Bible Church, Munich ND with Pastor Don Barsness officiating. Burial will be in the East Salem Cemetery, rural Munich.

Lilah Jane Dick was born on Friday, March 12, 1926, in Henderson township, Cavalier County outside of Munich, ND to Dietrich C. and Anna (Hoffman) Dick. She was baptized at Salem Mennonite Church.

Lilah went to school in Alsen then Munich, where she graduated in 1943. She attended Grace Bible Institute in Omaha, NE and graduated with a Bachelor of Christian Education in 1949. Lilah’s first teaching assignment was at Rosehill School, rural Munich, and she attended Taylor University in Upland, IN from 1952-53. She received her Bachelor of Science in 1954 from the State Teachers College in Mayville. Lilah completed her Master of Education in 1967 at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. After teaching sixth grade science for 18 years in Benson, MN, she returned to take care of her parents. In 1983, Lilah and her mother moved to the new home that Lilah designed in Munich, where she continued teaching. She taught in the Munich Public School System until fully retiring from the profession in 1996.

Lilah helped with relief work for the Mennonite Central Committee in Akron, PA, where she also worked with an Amish community. In 1956, she was a delegate to the Mennonite Church General Conference in Winnipeg, Canada. Lilah gave to many charities that were close to her heart. After moving to Munich on a permanent basis, she was active in the church library and the “Be Ye Doers” group, which did many projects for missionaries.

During her summer breaks from teaching and after retirement, Lilah travelled visiting relatives and sightseeing across North America such as Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming and Canada. Lilah often had a table set up for jigsaw puzzles and enjoyed many games like Bingo, Skip-Bo, and Dominos with friends and family. She was a great believer in playing by the rules! She made annual trips to Frost Fire with family, and helped organize reunions and other gatherings throughout the years. Lilah also had cat companions to feed and keep her company while living in Munich.

Lilah celebrated education and so much more. She was the historian of the family, of the church and of the community. In the 1990s, she researched and compiled the Hoffman-Janzen family tree, “And These are the Generations” which was published in 1997.

In 2018, she moved to Eventide Heartland Courts in Devils Lake, ND, where she attended Thursday morning Bible study. Lilah loved her Lord and Savior, her family, her friends, and each of her students whose lives she touched in many special ways. In our sadness at this time, we find great joy in knowing she is in the presence of her Lord and reunited with those loved ones who have gone before her.

Lilah is survived by her brother, Newton (Eunice) Dick, of Lorena, TX; sister-in-law, Dorothy Dick, of Richey, MT; nephews and nieces: Kenneth (Glenda) Unruh of Bloomburg, TX; Marlys Hendrickson of Apple Valley, MN, Wesley (Lynelle) Dick of Ft. Myers, FL; Darrel Dick of Harlowton, MT, Leonard Dick of Richey, MT, Claudia (Paul) Blight of Southlake, TX; Lianna Dick of Waco, TX, Carlton Dick of Fargo, ND, Jason (Cecile) Dick of Hewitt, TX, Brandon Dick of Huntsville, AL, Galen Dick of Lorena, TX; and many grandnieces and grandnephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Dietrich C. and Anna; sister Wynona Unruh, brothers: Lewis Dick and Leonard Dick; brother-in-law, Dietrich Unruh; sister-in-law, Mildred Dick; nieces: Sharon Black, Maxine Martin, Colleen Dick; nephews-in-law John Black, Allan Martin and Roger Hendrickson; and nieces-in-law Dorcus Unruh and Dawn Dick.

Memorials may be directed to the Rio Grande Bible Institute, 4300 South US Highway 281, Edinburg, TX 78539 in memory of Lilah.