Jane Lonette (Lautt) Dick, 83, died Oct. 22, 2023. She was born Sept. 13, 1940, in Harvey, N.D., to John and Martha Lautt. She attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kan., majoring in elementary education. She married Mervin Dick on June 3, 1962.

After graduation and marriage, Jane and Mervin moved to Keif, N.D., where Jane had a position teaching fourth grade while Mervin pastored the small church there. One year later, Kevin Dwight was born, and her teaching career was put on hold. The family moved to Fresno, Calif., where Mervin attended Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary. The following June, daughter Kora Jean was born.

Upon Mervin’s seminary graduation, the family moved to Weatherford, Okla., and then Edmond, Okla., to pastor Mennonite Brethren churches. In 1972 the family relocated to New Hope, Minn., and in 1979 back to Fresno, where Mervin pastored.

She graduated from Iliff School of Theology in 1988 and was ordained into Christian ministry in 1997. During her seminary days she began working in Denver’s Westside neighborhood at the Inner City Parish as senior coordinator and pastor to a small group of believers who became known as “The Bethany Group.”

In 2006, she was diagnosed with colon cancer. In 2015, she and Mervin sold their home in Frederick to settle closer to daughter Kora. In 2017, Mervin was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She grieved the loss of her life partner and companion on Thanksgiving Day 2020.

She is survived by son Kevin (Judy) Dick of Sioux Falls, S.D.; daughter Kora (Les) Flaming of Denver; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Mervin, in 2020; and a brother, Robert Lautt.

A celebration of life was held Nov. 17 at First Mennonite Church of Denver.