Dorothy I. Dyke

June 20, 1925 - May 12, 2019

Dorothy I. Dyke, 93, of Kearney died Sunday, May 12, 2019 at the Plum Creek Care Center in Lexington. Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney. Father Art Faesser will officiate and burial will be at Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to services at the church. Memorials are suggested to St. James Catholic Church. Online condolences may be submitted at www.hlmkfuneral.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney. She was born June 20, 1925 on a farm northwest of Kearney to Frederick and Katherine (Miigerl) Herzog. Dorothy grew up in Kearney and graduated from Kearney High School in 1942. She met & married Charles C. Dyke at Brown Transfer and they married on May 24, 1968 in Elwood, NE. She worked as a secretary and billing clerk at Brown Transfer from January 30, 1946 until retiring in 1984. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church in Kearney. Dorothy was on the Brown Transfer bowling team for 36 years. She joined Catholic Daughters February 20, 1989. Started “Friends on a Journey” for singles. Dorothy was a Volunteer at Good Samaritan Hospital in the ICU Dept. for 19 years, Mount Carmel Home 20 years, Grand Generations luncheons 19 years, Funeral coordinator at St. James Church 10 years. Surviving relatives her son James Herzog and special friend, Jacqui of Soquel, CA; foster daughter, Gayle Sutherland and husband Bradley of Elm Creek; foster grandchildren, Adam & Erin, Jerim & Robyn, Riley, Trevor, & Casi. Included are the great grand-children, Shaylee, Caisyn, Leelynd and Gage. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1988 and 3 brothers, Leonard, Ed and Donald Herzog.