Bob Dye was born to Walter E. Dye and Lanell M. (Preston) Dye on February 18, 1939 in Los Angeles, CA. He passed away just after his 79th birth-day at home in Payson.
Bob graduated from Burbank High School, Burbank, CA, class of 1957, where he participated in foot-ball and track. He attended University of Utah and worked at Sperry Engineering, Utah prior to marrying Nancy Stein in June of 1959. On returning to CA in early 1961 they had three children. Three years after his divorce from Nancy he married Shirley (Sutton-DeLamater) who came with two children. At marriage in July of 1975, both Bob and Shirley had custody of their children ages 3-13, so they had a blended family with five kids and interesting times ahead.
Bob was a mechanical engineer whose favorite job was working on deep space satellite dishes for Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA in the 1960s and 70s. Later jobs included work on auto accessories and jet aircraft cockpit redesign, until his retirement in 2003. Bob loved hunting, camping, dirt bike riding, and running, and was an Assistant Scout Master with a very active Boy Scout troop for 9 years.
Bob and Shirley moved to Payson July 2005 and Bob loved driving his Jeep, but health issues prevented him from taking many long off-road trips after awhile.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years Shirley Dye, and five children: Debbie (Dye) and Jim McTear of Bend, OR.; Gary Dye of Chandler, AZ; Jeannie (DeLamater) Price of Scottsdale, AZ; Carrie (Dye) and Mark Turnbull of Mesa, AZ and Christy (DeLamater) and Tyler Elliott of Gilbert, AZ. Bob also leaves 13 grand-children and four (almost six) great-grandchildren. He will be greatly missed. Services will be held Saturday, March 24th, 11:00 a.m. at Ponderosa Bible Church, 1800 N. Beeline Hwy., Payson, 85541, Reception to follow.
Published in the paysonroundup.com, Payson, AZ, Mar 16, 2018
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