Eurie was born in Providence Hospital, Waco, Texas seventeen years after our mother had graduated from the same hospital as an RN. It would be almost a year before our dad would see him. The Year was 1945 and World War II would soon come to an end and his dad would come home from the war for good.
After our dad got home we moved from our grandparents home in Itasca, Texas to our dad's home town, Clay, Kentucky where it was hoped he would find work. After several months there, with no success in locating employment, we made another move to Houston, Texas arriving on Eurie's first birthday. It was Houston where Eurie would be raised. He first attended Bonner Elementary, then when we moved to Pasadena, Texas, where he attended Queens Road Elementary. Then Subsequently attending South Houston Junior High and South Houston High School from which he graduated in 1963. While he was growing up in Pasadena he would develop friendships with peers that would last a life time. During his teenage years he joined the Sea Scouts and this association would provide the catalyst that would shape the rest of his life. Although he had been accepted at the University of Houston, after graduating from High School, a friend and he decided to join the Navy. Eurie spent his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago and the Naval base in San Diego. When his training was over he was sent to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii to be stationed at the Strategic Air Command of the Pacific, where he was part of what they called machines accounting, the forerunner of Data Processing. Living independently of the Air Base, because he was in the Navy, would serve him well for the responsibilities he would encounter the rest of his life. While in Hawaii he learned to surf and had a bit part in the movie In Harms Way, living the good life on the beach at Waimea Bay. The last part of his service would be spent at Middleton Navel Air Base in Tennessee. It is here he met and married his wife Charlotte Joann Caldwell on September l7, 1966. Although he was in the Navy he never served onboard a naval ship. After being discharged he came back to Houston and went to work full time for GE at NASA while attending school also full time at the University of Houston. While he was going to school his two children were born, Eurie G. Dye, Jr.(III) then eighteen months later Julie Ann Dye, Eurie graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in math and a minor in computer science. After graduation he went to work for Housotn Lighting and Power where he would remain for his entire career, retiring in 2002. Before his death he had five grandchildren: Andrew, Megan, Alexander-Eurie, Zoie and Sidney.
Eurie and his wife were divorced in 1985, and he never remarried. He died alone in his home September 14, 2009. His cremated remains were spread at the graves of his grand parents in Itasca, Texas and at the graves of his parents in Clay, Kentucky also at the burial site of his beloved pets. In 2018 his daughter took the remainder of his ashes and spread them at Waimea Bay, Hawaii. He will forever be a part of the waves at Waimea. The monument at White Oak Cemetery is a Cenotaph.
If there is one thing you could say about my brother to the very end, it is:
He cared about his family
He cared about his friends
He cared about his country
Part of the Eulogy give at the Funeral for Eurie G. Dye, Sr. by his brother Earl C. Dye, Jr.
Over the years my brother, myself and, I am sure, my nephew have been asked where did you get the name Eurie. This is not a name that the average person on the street has.
Well as it turned out our Grandmother Dye had a brother that had been given the middle name Urie, and it is lost to history were the name came from. Because he was our Grandmother's favorite brother, she and our Grandfather decided to name their second son Eurie Gene Dye.
Now, fast forward thirty-five years. Our Uncle Eurie and Aunt Helen have been married for ten years, and they do not have any children. Because of World War II our Uncle Eurie is in France and Germany amidst some of the bloodiest battles of that War. I belive my dad and mother feared his brother might not come home so they name their second son after his brother.
So Alex if anyone ask you where you got your middle name Eurie you tell them you had a great, great, great uncle with the name Eurie, you had a great, great uncle with the name Eurie, your grand-daddy's name was Eurie and your daddy has the name Eurie. They have all carried this name with honor and I am sure you will too.
Now, in a little country church cemetery in Kentucky, another monument will go up with the name Eurie inscribed upon it.
After our dad got home we moved from our grandparents home in Itasca, Texas to our dad's home town, Clay, Kentucky where it was hoped he would find work. After several months there, with no success in locating employment, we made another move to Houston, Texas arriving on Eurie's first birthday. It was Houston where Eurie would be raised. He first attended Bonner Elementary, then when we moved to Pasadena, Texas, where he attended Queens Road Elementary. Then Subsequently attending South Houston Junior High and South Houston High School from which he graduated in 1963. While he was growing up in Pasadena he would develop friendships with peers that would last a life time. During his teenage years he joined the Sea Scouts and this association would provide the catalyst that would shape the rest of his life. Although he had been accepted at the University of Houston, after graduating from High School, a friend and he decided to join the Navy. Eurie spent his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago and the Naval base in San Diego. When his training was over he was sent to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii to be stationed at the Strategic Air Command of the Pacific, where he was part of what they called machines accounting, the forerunner of Data Processing. Living independently of the Air Base, because he was in the Navy, would serve him well for the responsibilities he would encounter the rest of his life. While in Hawaii he learned to surf and had a bit part in the movie In Harms Way, living the good life on the beach at Waimea Bay. The last part of his service would be spent at Middleton Navel Air Base in Tennessee. It is here he met and married his wife Charlotte Joann Caldwell on September l7, 1966. Although he was in the Navy he never served onboard a naval ship. After being discharged he came back to Houston and went to work full time for GE at NASA while attending school also full time at the University of Houston. While he was going to school his two children were born, Eurie G. Dye, Jr.(III) then eighteen months later Julie Ann Dye, Eurie graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in math and a minor in computer science. After graduation he went to work for Housotn Lighting and Power where he would remain for his entire career, retiring in 2002. Before his death he had five grandchildren: Andrew, Megan, Alexander-Eurie, Zoie and Sidney.
Eurie and his wife were divorced in 1985, and he never remarried. He died alone in his home September 14, 2009. His cremated remains were spread at the graves of his grand parents in Itasca, Texas and at the graves of his parents in Clay, Kentucky also at the burial site of his beloved pets. In 2018 his daughter took the remainder of his ashes and spread them at Waimea Bay, Hawaii. He will forever be a part of the waves at Waimea. The monument at White Oak Cemetery is a Cenotaph.
If there is one thing you could say about my brother to the very end, it is:
He cared about his family
He cared about his friends
He cared about his country
Part of the Eulogy give at the Funeral for Eurie G. Dye, Sr. by his brother Earl C. Dye, Jr.
Over the years my brother, myself and, I am sure, my nephew have been asked where did you get the name Eurie. This is not a name that the average person on the street has.
Well as it turned out our Grandmother Dye had a brother that had been given the middle name Urie, and it is lost to history were the name came from. Because he was our Grandmother's favorite brother, she and our Grandfather decided to name their second son Eurie Gene Dye.
Now, fast forward thirty-five years. Our Uncle Eurie and Aunt Helen have been married for ten years, and they do not have any children. Because of World War II our Uncle Eurie is in France and Germany amidst some of the bloodiest battles of that War. I belive my dad and mother feared his brother might not come home so they name their second son after his brother.
So Alex if anyone ask you where you got your middle name Eurie you tell them you had a great, great, great uncle with the name Eurie, you had a great, great uncle with the name Eurie, your grand-daddy's name was Eurie and your daddy has the name Eurie. They have all carried this name with honor and I am sure you will too.
Now, in a little country church cemetery in Kentucky, another monument will go up with the name Eurie inscribed upon it.
Eurie was born in Providence Hospital, Waco, Texas seventeen years after our mother had graduated from the same hospital as an RN. It would be almost a year before our dad would see him. The Year was 1945 and World War II would soon come to an end and his dad would come home from the war for good.
After our dad got home we moved from our grandparents home in Itasca, Texas to our dad's home town, Clay, Kentucky where it was hoped he would find work. After several months there, with no success in locating employment, we made another move to Houston, Texas arriving on Eurie's first birthday. It was Houston where Eurie would be raised. He first attended Bonner Elementary, then when we moved to Pasadena, Texas, where he attended Queens Road Elementary. Then Subsequently attending South Houston Junior High and South Houston High School from which he graduated in 1963. While he was growing up in Pasadena he would develop friendships with peers that would last a life time. During his teenage years he joined the Sea Scouts and this association would provide the catalyst that would shape the rest of his life. Although he had been accepted at the University of Houston, after graduating from High School, a friend and he decided to join the Navy. Eurie spent his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago and the Naval base in San Diego. When his training was over he was sent to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii to be stationed at the Strategic Air Command of the Pacific, where he was part of what they called machines accounting, the forerunner of Data Processing. Living independently of the Air Base, because he was in the Navy, would serve him well for the responsibilities he would encounter the rest of his life. While in Hawaii he learned to surf and had a bit part in the movie In Harms Way, living the good life on the beach at Waimea Bay. The last part of his service would be spent at Middleton Navel Air Base in Tennessee. It is here he met and married his wife Charlotte Joann Caldwell on September l7, 1966. Although he was in the Navy he never served onboard a naval ship. After being discharged he came back to Houston and went to work full time for GE at NASA while attending school also full time at the University of Houston. While he was going to school his two children were born, Eurie G. Dye, Jr.(III) then eighteen months later Julie Ann Dye, Eurie graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in math and a minor in computer science. After graduation he went to work for Housotn Lighting and Power where he would remain for his entire career, retiring in 2002. Before his death he had five grandchildren: Andrew, Megan, Alexander-Eurie, Zoie and Sidney.
Eurie and his wife were divorced in 1985, and he never remarried. He died alone in his home September 14, 2009. His cremated remains were spread at the graves of his grand parents in Itasca, Texas and at the graves of his parents in Clay, Kentucky also at the burial site of his beloved pets. In 2018 his daughter took the remainder of his ashes and spread them at Waimea Bay, Hawaii. He will forever be a part of the waves at Waimea. The monument at White Oak Cemetery is a Cenotaph.
If there is one thing you could say about my brother to the very end, it is:
He cared about his family
He cared about his friends
He cared about his country
Part of the Eulogy give at the Funeral for Eurie G. Dye, Sr. by his brother Earl C. Dye, Jr.
Over the years my brother, myself and, I am sure, my nephew have been asked where did you get the name Eurie. This is not a name that the average person on the street has.
Well as it turned out our Grandmother Dye had a brother that had been given the middle name Urie, and it is lost to history were the name came from. Because he was our Grandmother's favorite brother, she and our Grandfather decided to name their second son Eurie Gene Dye.
Now, fast forward thirty-five years. Our Uncle Eurie and Aunt Helen have been married for ten years, and they do not have any children. Because of World War II our Uncle Eurie is in France and Germany amidst some of the bloodiest battles of that War. I belive my dad and mother feared his brother might not come home so they name their second son after his brother.
So Alex if anyone ask you where you got your middle name Eurie you tell them you had a great, great, great uncle with the name Eurie, you had a great, great uncle with the name Eurie, your grand-daddy's name was Eurie and your daddy has the name Eurie. They have all carried this name with honor and I am sure you will too.
Now, in a little country church cemetery in Kentucky, another monument will go up with the name Eurie inscribed upon it.
After our dad got home we moved from our grandparents home in Itasca, Texas to our dad's home town, Clay, Kentucky where it was hoped he would find work. After several months there, with no success in locating employment, we made another move to Houston, Texas arriving on Eurie's first birthday. It was Houston where Eurie would be raised. He first attended Bonner Elementary, then when we moved to Pasadena, Texas, where he attended Queens Road Elementary. Then Subsequently attending South Houston Junior High and South Houston High School from which he graduated in 1963. While he was growing up in Pasadena he would develop friendships with peers that would last a life time. During his teenage years he joined the Sea Scouts and this association would provide the catalyst that would shape the rest of his life. Although he had been accepted at the University of Houston, after graduating from High School, a friend and he decided to join the Navy. Eurie spent his basic training at Great Lakes Naval Station near Chicago and the Naval base in San Diego. When his training was over he was sent to Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii to be stationed at the Strategic Air Command of the Pacific, where he was part of what they called machines accounting, the forerunner of Data Processing. Living independently of the Air Base, because he was in the Navy, would serve him well for the responsibilities he would encounter the rest of his life. While in Hawaii he learned to surf and had a bit part in the movie In Harms Way, living the good life on the beach at Waimea Bay. The last part of his service would be spent at Middleton Navel Air Base in Tennessee. It is here he met and married his wife Charlotte Joann Caldwell on September l7, 1966. Although he was in the Navy he never served onboard a naval ship. After being discharged he came back to Houston and went to work full time for GE at NASA while attending school also full time at the University of Houston. While he was going to school his two children were born, Eurie G. Dye, Jr.(III) then eighteen months later Julie Ann Dye, Eurie graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in math and a minor in computer science. After graduation he went to work for Housotn Lighting and Power where he would remain for his entire career, retiring in 2002. Before his death he had five grandchildren: Andrew, Megan, Alexander-Eurie, Zoie and Sidney.
Eurie and his wife were divorced in 1985, and he never remarried. He died alone in his home September 14, 2009. His cremated remains were spread at the graves of his grand parents in Itasca, Texas and at the graves of his parents in Clay, Kentucky also at the burial site of his beloved pets. In 2018 his daughter took the remainder of his ashes and spread them at Waimea Bay, Hawaii. He will forever be a part of the waves at Waimea. The monument at White Oak Cemetery is a Cenotaph.
If there is one thing you could say about my brother to the very end, it is:
He cared about his family
He cared about his friends
He cared about his country
Part of the Eulogy give at the Funeral for Eurie G. Dye, Sr. by his brother Earl C. Dye, Jr.
Over the years my brother, myself and, I am sure, my nephew have been asked where did you get the name Eurie. This is not a name that the average person on the street has.
Well as it turned out our Grandmother Dye had a brother that had been given the middle name Urie, and it is lost to history were the name came from. Because he was our Grandmother's favorite brother, she and our Grandfather decided to name their second son Eurie Gene Dye.
Now, fast forward thirty-five years. Our Uncle Eurie and Aunt Helen have been married for ten years, and they do not have any children. Because of World War II our Uncle Eurie is in France and Germany amidst some of the bloodiest battles of that War. I belive my dad and mother feared his brother might not come home so they name their second son after his brother.
So Alex if anyone ask you where you got your middle name Eurie you tell them you had a great, great, great uncle with the name Eurie, you had a great, great uncle with the name Eurie, your grand-daddy's name was Eurie and your daddy has the name Eurie. They have all carried this name with honor and I am sure you will too.
Now, in a little country church cemetery in Kentucky, another monument will go up with the name Eurie inscribed upon it.
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