Helen Hersey Dick

Helen Hersey Dick, 89, wife of the Rev. Robert T. Dick, died March 7, 2008 in Foxboro, MA. Her father was Universalist minister Harry Adams. She graduated from Jackson College (Tufts) and did graduate work at Crane. She was a leader for the Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, League of Women Voters, the NAACP, Food Co-ops, and to local UU churches which her husband served: Bristol NY; Lyons OH; West Hartford CT; Belpre OH; South Acton MA; Springfield and Chester Depot VT; Elkhart IN. Helen was an officer of the UU Peace Fellowship, and edited its newsletter. She served on the UURMaPA Board overseeing the Caring Network. In 1975, she was named Vermont Mother of the Year. Helen marched in Selma in 1965. In 1986 the UU Church of Springfield VT, named her minister emerita. She accompanied the Springfield Community Chorus and taught piano. She is survived by her husband of 65 years; two sons, Nathan Dick of Estes Park CO; and Jeffrey Taft-Dick of Niger, West Africa; a daughter, Noreen Redd of San Diego CA; and three grandchildren.