{"id":3138548,"date":"2026-08-01T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/d-richard-dick-wenner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T00:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T04:16:54","slug":"d-richard-dick-wenner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/d-richard-dick-wenner\/","title":{"rendered":"D. Richard \u201cDick\u201d Wenner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wenner<\/strong>\u2014<em>D. Richard \u201cDick\u201d Wenner<\/em>, 98, mnamo Desemba 18, 2025, kwa amani, katika shamba la familia ya Wenner huko Stillwater, Pa. Alizaliwa katika shamba hilo mnamo Juni 14, 1927, Dick alikuwa mtoto mdogo zaidi wa William C. Wenner Sr. na Mary Leona Seesholtz. Wazazi wake walikutana kanisani, na familia, ikiwemo ndugu zake Gertude, Harriet, William Jr., na Dorothy, walihudhuria Kanisa la St. James (United Church of Christ). Dick alihudhuria Shule ya Zaners, shule ya chumba kimoja, ambapo aliruka madarasa mawili ya msingi, kabla ya kuhitimu kutoka Shule ya Upili ya Bloomsburg. Aliingia Jeshi la Akiba la Wanamaji la Marekani kama afisa anayefunzwa kuelekea mwisho wa Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia na kuhudhuria Chuo cha Swarthmore kwa ufadhili wa masomo wa Jeshi la Wanamaji kabla ya kukamilisha shahada yake ya kwanza katika Chuo Kikuu cha Pennsylvania, ambapo pia alipata shahada ya uzamili katika utawala wa serikali katika Taasisi ya Fels ya Serikali.    <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kazi ya kitaaluma ya Dick ililenga huduma kwa jamii, hasa jamii za vijijini. Kazi yake ya kwanza ilikuwa kama meneja wa wilaya ya Clarks Summit, Pa. Baadaye akawa katibu msaidizi wa kilimo kwa Jumuiya ya Pennsylvania. Katika jukumu hilo, alijenga sifa ya kuwa mwenye kuleta mabadiliko. Dick baadaye alijiunga na Ofisi ya Fursa za Kiuchumi pamoja na Sargent Shriver huko Washington, D.C. Akawa sauti inayotetea wale wanaokabiliwa na umaskini wa vijijini na alikuwa mshauri kwa Seneta Robert F. Kennedy kuhusu suala hili. Mnamo 1967, wakati wa kazi yake kama mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Shirika la Taifa la Maendeleo ya Jamii, alihojiwa katika kipindi cha redio ya CBS <em>Capitol Cloakroom<\/em>.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katika kazi yake yote, Dick alifanya kazi na viongozi wa kisiasa wenye mawazo ya maendeleo, ikiwa ni pamoja na watetezi wa haki za kiraia Marian Wright Edelman, wakili na mtetezi wa haki za watoto aliyeanzisha Mfuko wa Ulinzi wa Watoto; na Morris Milgram, painia wa makazi yenye mchanganyiko wa rangi. Dick alikuwa msimamizi aliyepanga safari ya kihistoria ya Seneti kwenda Mississippi mnamo 1967 ambayo ilikuwa sehemu ya uchunguzi wa kamati ndogo wa programu za Vita dhidi ya Umaskini. Kazi ya Dick katika miongo iliyofuata iliendelea kulenga masuala ya umaskini, makazi, na haki za wahamiaji, hadi alipostaafu kama mkurugenzi mtendaji wa Mfuko wa Jamii Wazi, shirika lisilo la faida la makazi huko Philadelphia, Pa., mnamo 1993.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wakitafuta kanisa la amani, Dick, mkewe Shirley, na binti zao Amanda na Melinda walipata nyumbani katika imani ya Quaker. Mwishoni mwa miaka ya 1970, familia ilishiriki katika kuanzisha Shule ya Marafiki ya Greenwood baada ya kujiunga na Mkutano wa Millville (Pa.). Kujitolea kwa Dick kwa elimu kulimfanya atumike Mkutano wa Kila Mwaka wa Philadelphia katika Kamati Isimamayo ya Elimu na pia katika Kamati Kuu (Bodi ya Wadhamini) ya Shule ya Westtown. Kujitolea kwa vizazi kwa elimu na huduma kwa jamii ni mojawapo ya urithi wa Dick. Wakati wa maisha yake alikuwa mtoaji wa hiari kwa maktaba, kutembelea wafungwa, wasio na makazi, na uhifadhi wa misitu. Kikao cha kila wiki cha amani alichoanzisha kinaendelea hadi leo huko Bloomsburg, Pa.     <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dick alitanguliwa na kifo na mkewe wa miaka 48, Shirley Lockwood Wenner, mnamo 2016.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ameachiwa na watoto watano, David Wenner, William Wenner (Bobbi), Elizabeth Sizer, Melinda Wenner Bradley (Matthew), na Amanda Wenner; wajukuu tisa; na wajukuu wakubwa sita.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wenner\u2014D. 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