Bernard Joseph Beecher Dye (1905 - 1973)

Born 20 Aug 1905 in North Dakota, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marjorie Melvina (Brown) Dye — married 5 Apr 1931 in Roundup, Musselshell, Montana, United States

Died 30 Sep 1973 at age 68 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Bernard Joseph Beecher Dye, the son of Maurice Eugene Dye (1856-1938) and Alice Rosetta Gates, was born in 1905 in North Dakota.

Bernie J. Dye, 68, of 644 South Arlington Ave., died in a local hospital Sunday. A native of Sheldon, North Dakota, he was born 20 August 1905. He was retired from the ship repair facilities after 30 years at Guam and had moved to Reno 14 months ago. He was a former president of the Lassen Rock and Mineral Society, a member of the State Plumbing and Construction Association, and a member of the Elks Lodge Agana, Guam Lodge No. 1281.

Surviving were his widow, Marjorie of Reno; daughters, Judith Zdonis of Pleasant Hills, California, Bernadine Guyton of Chico, California, and Candance Edel of New York; brothers, Dexter of San Leandro, California, and Frank of Rock Springs, Wyoming; sister, Clarice King of Rockford, Washington; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. [Edited slightly from Reno Evening Gazette (Reno, Nevada), Tuesday, 2 October 1973, as submitted by user 46893586. Surviving relatives mentioned by name in obit are all deceased as of 2018.]

Married Loraine E. Cates, 5 April 1931, Roundup, Musselshell county, Montana

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199262146/bernard-joseph_beecher-dye: accessed 29 June 2023), memorial page for Bernard Joseph Beecher “Bernie” Dye (20 Aug 1905–30 Sep 1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #199262146, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA; Maintained by L McKeown (contributor 49361309).