Dr. Peter C van Dyck

Phoenixville - Our beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Dr. Peter Cuyler van Dyck, B.A., M.S., M.D., M.P.H., passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2024, at the age of 84 from complications of Parkinson's. The oldest of three children, Peter was born on December 9, 1939, in Peoria, Illinois to William Cuyler and Irma Marguerite van Dyck.

A graduate of Washington Community High School in Washington, IL, Peter went on to receive a B.A. in Physiology from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He received both his M.S. Physiology and his M.D. from the University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL and went on to earn his M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health, from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1972-1973.

He is preceded in death by his parents and his younger brother, David E. van Dyck. He is survived by his wife Kerry Nesseler, his three children Greg, Greta, and Jonathan, their mother Karen van Dyck, his sister Susan van Dyck, his sister-in-law Connie van Dyck, and his grandchildren Cuyler and Marisa van Dyck, Grady and Peter Weiler (Lenora), and Beckett van Dyck. He was also a proud great-grandfather to Enzo, Oscar, Layne, and Caleb.

A Celebration of Life will be held in January 2025, followed by an interment at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC. Specific places and dates to be announced. Arrangements are being made by the Cremation Society of Pennsylvania.