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Gertrude Ruth (Trudy) Dykhuis

Posted 2018-03-27 by Judy Wight Branson
Camp Verde Bugle, Camp Verde, Arizona
Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Gertrude Joan “Trudy” Dykhuis of Lake Montezuma, Arizona, passed
away Feb. 24, 2018.

She is survived by her two sons, Arthur and Jeffery (m. Karla); two
daughters, Cindy and Sandy (m. James); nine grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.

Trudy was born March 26, 1929, in Highland, Indiana, and moved with
her husband, Arthur, to Lake Montezuma in 1989. She resided at
Cottonwood Village since 2014.

Trudy was an accomplished organist and pianist. She played for many
years for her church in Indiana, as well as for the Beaver Creek
Baptist Church and the Montezuma Chapel in Lake Montezuma and St.
Francis Catholic Church in Camp Verde.

As long as her health allowed, Trudy was active as a volunteer at
the House of Ruth in Cottonwood and the Kiwanis Thrift Store in
Rimrock.

Trudy will be buried with her husband at the National Memorial
Cemetery in Phoenix. Please, in lieu of flowers make a donation in
her name to the House of Ruth in Cottonwood, Arizona. An online
guestbook is available to sign at www.westcottfuneralhome.com

Information provided by survivors.




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