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2007-12-18 issue:

Henry Dueck had passion for people

by Mennonite Church Canada Witness and Mennonite Mission Network

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WINNIPEG—Henry Dueck showed a passion for people and for the Word of God. He dedicated his life to mission work that lasted for more than 40 years, including voluntary service after retirement. With his wife, Helen, Dueck served in various educational and pastoral capacities—primarily in Latin America—through the Commission on Overseas Mission (COM), a predecessor agency of Mennonite Mission Network. Dueck died Nov. 4 in Winnipeg after an eight-year struggle with cancer.

Dueck was born Oct. 17, 1927, in Coaldale, Alta., one year after his parents, Jacob P. and Susanna Dyck, arrived as refugees from Orenburg, Russia. The Dueck family, like other Mennonite immigrants, struggled to eke a living from the land. When Dueck was 9, his mother died, and three years later his stepmother also died.

Dueck pastored the Mennonite Brethren Church in Kelstern, Sask., before the family went to Brazil through the Mennonite Brethren Conference. They worked from 1960 to 1969 with German-speaking Mennonites in Curitiba and helped initiate mission work in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. In 1969, the Duecks began working with COM. Over the next 23 years, they served in Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay.—Mennonite Church Canada Witness/Mennonite Mission Network

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