Alice M Van Dyke

Obituary, 8 Sep 2005 - Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, WI, USA

Name of Deceased: Alice M. Van Dyke Dyke Age at Death: 39 Birth Date: 23 Mar 1966 Death Date: 1 Sep 2005 Newspaper Title: Sheboygan Press Newspaper Location: Sheboygan, WI, Us Obituary Publication Date: 8 Sep 2005

Obituary: Alice M. Van Dyke, age 39, of 428 W. Cedar St., Chippewa Falls, and formerly of Rice Lake, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 at Sacred Heart Hospital, Eau Claire. She died peacefully with family and loved ones at her side.

Alice was born March 23, 1966, the daughter of Raymond and Carol (Crotteau) Van Gilder in Rice Lake. She graduated from Rice Lake High School in 1984 and attended college at the University of Wisconsin-Barron County and Marquette University where she met her husband, Jerry Van Dyke. Jerry and Alice were married at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dobie, Wis. on Aug. 12, 1989, and resided in Milwaukee until they moved to Chippewa Falls in 1992.

Alice and Jerry were thrilled to adopt their sons, David in 1998 and Daniel in 2001 through Lutheran Social Services. She was very passionate about sharing the joys of open adoption. Alice was proud to be a stay-at-home mom. She enjoyed baking, scrapbooking, camping and especially having fun with family and friends. She was active as a volunteer at St. Charles Primary School and on the LSS Adoption Advisory Board. She was a member of Notre Dame Church.

She is survived by her husband, Jerry; two young sons, David and Daniel, both at home; two brothers, Mike (Tracey) Van Gilder and Jeff (Stephanie) Van Gilder, both of Rice Lake; her parents, Ray and Carol Van Gilder of Rice Lake; her mother-in-law, Jeanette Van Dyke of Kellnersville; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Jeanne (Don) Duenkel of Manitowoc, Jim (Tammy) Van Dyke of Green Bay, Joann (Gary) Mueller of Kellnersville, Judy (Tim) Glander of Sheboygan, Janice Van Dyke of Kellnersville, and Jeff (Lisa) Van Dyke of Reedsville; paternal grandmother, Lorraine Van Gilder and maternal grandmother, Eleanor Crotteau, both of Rice Lake; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one uncle, Dale Van Gilder, Jr.; one aunt, Alice Marie Van Gilder; her father-in-law, John Van Dyke; maternal grandfather, Lloyd Crotteau; and paternal grandfather, Dale Van Gilder, Sr.