Merry Sue (Weld) DICK

WELD, DICK, ZIRBEL, WHITE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/20/2007 at 12:44:00

Merry S. Weld Dick, 26, formerly of Clarion, died Wednesday, July 28, 1999, in Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, from injuries suffered in a car accident. Services: 11 a.m. Monday, United Methodist Church, Clarion, by Mark Young of the Clarion Church of Christ. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Willim Funeral Home, Clarion.

Merry Sue Weld was born June 1, 1973, in Clarion, to James L. and Karen S. (Zirbel) Weld. She was raised and educated in Clarion, graduating from Clarion High School in 1992. Merry was active with the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Lincoln Lassies 4-H Club, State 4-H Council, FFA, National FFA Band and high school music groups. She was united in marriage with Edouard L. Dick on June 17, 1995, at the Smith Memorial Chapel, Campus of Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. Merry graduated from Simpson College in 1996. She was the middle school music teacher at Clear Creek-Amana School. Merry was a member of the United Methodist Church in Clarion and active in the Clover Ridge United Methodist Church and with the youth groups in Walford, Iowa. She was also a member of the Eastern Iowa Brass Band, was active in many community affairs and taught private music lessons.

Merry is survived by her husband, Ed; her parents, Jim and Karen Weld of Clarion; her sister, Jamie Weld of Des Moines; her grandparents, Stanley and Kit Zirbel of Clear Lake; Ed's parents, Ramon and Doris Dick of Villisca; his brother, Aaron of Amana; and his grandparents, Anabelle White of Villisca and Mervyn and Maxine Dick of Stanhope. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents.

Gazette, The (Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, IA)
July 31, 1999