Charles Henry Hyde II
Charles Henry Hyde II, a long time wholesale grocer and benefactor of many local charities, died on Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at Northwest Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Washington. He was 84 and had suffered a prolonged illness, which he faced with courage and dignity. His family was at his bedside at the time of his death.
Mr. Hyde was born in Tacoma on April 9, 1914, the eldest of the three sons of Beulah Loomis and Robert Henry Hyde. His grandfather was Northwest pioneer Charles Henry Hyde I, who founded the West Coast Grocery Company in 1891. After graduation from Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Charley worked for the family wholesale grocery business in Tacoma. Over the years he developed what had been a small local company into one of the largest wholesale grocery businesses in the U.S., serving Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Mr. Hyde was well loved and respected by his employees, business associates and customers. One of the founders of NAWGA, the North American Whole- sale Grocers Association, he served as Chairman of the association and was a Director for many years. Charley was raised and lived his entire life in the Gravelly Lake area. A charter member of the Gravelly Lake Homeowners Association, he maintained an active interest in the well being and preservation of the lake. He was a lifelong member of both the Tacoma Club and the Tacoma Golf and Country Club, where he and his brothers were enthusiastic golfers and tennis players. One of the founding members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, he served as President and whip for the hunt for many years. He was a founding member of Charles Wright Academy and served for many years on the Academy Board of Directors. He was also an enthusiastic supporter and Board Member of Northwest Trek. Charley's passionate interest in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the Cascade region and Mount Rainier, was recognized by all who knew him. An avid skier, his interest in and friendship with the first American Olympic Ski Team, which trained at Mount Rainier, motivated a trip to watch the team compete at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. This led to a nine month bicycle and touring trip around the world, including visits to Indonesia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, at a time when major political changes were effecting much of Europe and the Orient. He maintained an interest in skiing throughout his life and was a founder and member of the Northwest Antique Skiers Club.
Mr. Hyde is survived by his wife of 53 years, Otis Douglas Brown Hyde; their children, Douglas Ann Land of Ithaca, NY, Christopher Jane Hyde Lee of London, England, and Charles Henry Hyde III of Tacoma, WA; brother William Beaton Hyde of Gig Harbor, WA; niece Pamela Hyde Smith of Washington D.C.; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by brother Robert Henry Hyde Jr. of Tacoma, WA.
There will be a private family service at Mountain View Funeral Home. A reception to celebrate his life with friends and associates, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 16 at the Tacoma Club, 12th and Pacific. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charities of your choice.
Pub Date: 5/14/1998
Tacoma News Tribune
http://obitz.us/name/namemain.htm
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1920 U.S. Census
PIERCE CO, INTERLAAKEN, WASHINGTON
Series: T625 Roll: 1935 Page: 182
78 dwelling 79 family
HYDE, ROBERT H (head)
-----, Beulah (wife)
-----, Charles H. (son)
-----, Robert H. (son)
-----, William B. (son)
OLSON, Mary (cook)
JAMISON, Minnie (nurse)
................
Three men kidnap 13-year-old Charles H. Hyde III in Lakewood and hold him for ransom on November 17, 1965.
HistoryLink.org Essay 8282
On November 17, 1965, three men kidnap Charles H. Hyde III, age 13, from a school bus stop in Lakewood, near Tacoma (Pierce County) in broad daylight. His captors telephone the Hyde family, demanding $45,000 for the boy's safe return. His father, Charles H. Hyde II acts immediately and pays the ransom. Young Charles is released nine hours later in an empty building on Ruston Way near Tacoma's Old Town Dock. On November 20, 1965, Tilford G. Baker, age 34, surrenders to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, confesses to the crime and implicates two accomplices. Federal fugitive warrants are immediately issued for Dean A. Bromley, age 20, and James E. Evans, age 31. That night the FBI captures Bromley in Arkansas. Two days later, on November 22, Evans, who had fled to California, returns to Tacoma and surrenders. The men, pleading insanity, go to trial in February 1966 and are found guilty. Baker is a given life sentence for first-degree kidnapping and Evans 10 years for conspiracy to kidnap. Bromley will appeal and the Washington State Supreme Court will grant him a new trial. But the result is the same and he will be sentenced to life in prison. The Hyde family usually shunned publicity, but the kidnapping of young Charles gained national attention and became one of the most sensational regional crime stories of the decade.
For the complete story go to http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=8282
Charles Henry Hyde II, a long time wholesale grocer and benefactor of many local charities, died on Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at Northwest Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Washington. He was 84 and had suffered a prolonged illness, which he faced with courage and dignity. His family was at his bedside at the time of his death.
Mr. Hyde was born in Tacoma on April 9, 1914, the eldest of the three sons of Beulah Loomis and Robert Henry Hyde. His grandfather was Northwest pioneer Charles Henry Hyde I, who founded the West Coast Grocery Company in 1891. After graduation from Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Charley worked for the family wholesale grocery business in Tacoma. Over the years he developed what had been a small local company into one of the largest wholesale grocery businesses in the U.S., serving Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Mr. Hyde was well loved and respected by his employees, business associates and customers. One of the founders of NAWGA, the North American Whole- sale Grocers Association, he served as Chairman of the association and was a Director for many years. Charley was raised and lived his entire life in the Gravelly Lake area. A charter member of the Gravelly Lake Homeowners Association, he maintained an active interest in the well being and preservation of the lake. He was a lifelong member of both the Tacoma Club and the Tacoma Golf and Country Club, where he and his brothers were enthusiastic golfers and tennis players. One of the founding members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, he served as President and whip for the hunt for many years. He was a founding member of Charles Wright Academy and served for many years on the Academy Board of Directors. He was also an enthusiastic supporter and Board Member of Northwest Trek. Charley's passionate interest in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the Cascade region and Mount Rainier, was recognized by all who knew him. An avid skier, his interest in and friendship with the first American Olympic Ski Team, which trained at Mount Rainier, motivated a trip to watch the team compete at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. This led to a nine month bicycle and touring trip around the world, including visits to Indonesia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, at a time when major political changes were effecting much of Europe and the Orient. He maintained an interest in skiing throughout his life and was a founder and member of the Northwest Antique Skiers Club.
Mr. Hyde is survived by his wife of 53 years, Otis Douglas Brown Hyde; their children, Douglas Ann Land of Ithaca, NY, Christopher Jane Hyde Lee of London, England, and Charles Henry Hyde III of Tacoma, WA; brother William Beaton Hyde of Gig Harbor, WA; niece Pamela Hyde Smith of Washington D.C.; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by brother Robert Henry Hyde Jr. of Tacoma, WA.
There will be a private family service at Mountain View Funeral Home. A reception to celebrate his life with friends and associates, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 16 at the Tacoma Club, 12th and Pacific. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charities of your choice.
Pub Date: 5/14/1998
Tacoma News Tribune
http://obitz.us/name/namemain.htm
................
1920 U.S. Census
PIERCE CO, INTERLAAKEN, WASHINGTON
Series: T625 Roll: 1935 Page: 182
78 dwelling 79 family
HYDE, ROBERT H (head)
-----, Beulah (wife)
-----, Charles H. (son)
-----, Robert H. (son)
-----, William B. (son)
OLSON, Mary (cook)
JAMISON, Minnie (nurse)
................
Three men kidnap 13-year-old Charles H. Hyde III in Lakewood and hold him for ransom on November 17, 1965.
HistoryLink.org Essay 8282
On November 17, 1965, three men kidnap Charles H. Hyde III, age 13, from a school bus stop in Lakewood, near Tacoma (Pierce County) in broad daylight. His captors telephone the Hyde family, demanding $45,000 for the boy's safe return. His father, Charles H. Hyde II acts immediately and pays the ransom. Young Charles is released nine hours later in an empty building on Ruston Way near Tacoma's Old Town Dock. On November 20, 1965, Tilford G. Baker, age 34, surrenders to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, confesses to the crime and implicates two accomplices. Federal fugitive warrants are immediately issued for Dean A. Bromley, age 20, and James E. Evans, age 31. That night the FBI captures Bromley in Arkansas. Two days later, on November 22, Evans, who had fled to California, returns to Tacoma and surrenders. The men, pleading insanity, go to trial in February 1966 and are found guilty. Baker is a given life sentence for first-degree kidnapping and Evans 10 years for conspiracy to kidnap. Bromley will appeal and the Washington State Supreme Court will grant him a new trial. But the result is the same and he will be sentenced to life in prison. The Hyde family usually shunned publicity, but the kidnapping of young Charles gained national attention and became one of the most sensational regional crime stories of the decade.
For the complete story go to http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=8282
Charles Henry Hyde II
Charles Henry Hyde II, a long time wholesale grocer and benefactor of many local charities, died on Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at Northwest Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Washington. He was 84 and had suffered a prolonged illness, which he faced with courage and dignity. His family was at his bedside at the time of his death.
Mr. Hyde was born in Tacoma on April 9, 1914, the eldest of the three sons of Beulah Loomis and Robert Henry Hyde. His grandfather was Northwest pioneer Charles Henry Hyde I, who founded the West Coast Grocery Company in 1891. After graduation from Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Charley worked for the family wholesale grocery business in Tacoma. Over the years he developed what had been a small local company into one of the largest wholesale grocery businesses in the U.S., serving Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Mr. Hyde was well loved and respected by his employees, business associates and customers. One of the founders of NAWGA, the North American Whole- sale Grocers Association, he served as Chairman of the association and was a Director for many years. Charley was raised and lived his entire life in the Gravelly Lake area. A charter member of the Gravelly Lake Homeowners Association, he maintained an active interest in the well being and preservation of the lake. He was a lifelong member of both the Tacoma Club and the Tacoma Golf and Country Club, where he and his brothers were enthusiastic golfers and tennis players. One of the founding members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, he served as President and whip for the hunt for many years. He was a founding member of Charles Wright Academy and served for many years on the Academy Board of Directors. He was also an enthusiastic supporter and Board Member of Northwest Trek. Charley's passionate interest in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the Cascade region and Mount Rainier, was recognized by all who knew him. An avid skier, his interest in and friendship with the first American Olympic Ski Team, which trained at Mount Rainier, motivated a trip to watch the team compete at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. This led to a nine month bicycle and touring trip around the world, including visits to Indonesia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, at a time when major political changes were effecting much of Europe and the Orient. He maintained an interest in skiing throughout his life and was a founder and member of the Northwest Antique Skiers Club.
Mr. Hyde is survived by his wife of 53 years, Otis Douglas Brown Hyde; their children, Douglas Ann Land of Ithaca, NY, Christopher Jane Hyde Lee of London, England, and Charles Henry Hyde III of Tacoma, WA; brother William Beaton Hyde of Gig Harbor, WA; niece Pamela Hyde Smith of Washington D.C.; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by brother Robert Henry Hyde Jr. of Tacoma, WA.
There will be a private family service at Mountain View Funeral Home. A reception to celebrate his life with friends and associates, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 16 at the Tacoma Club, 12th and Pacific. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charities of your choice.
Pub Date: 5/14/1998
Tacoma News Tribune
http://obitz.us/name/namemain.htm
................
1920 U.S. Census
PIERCE CO, INTERLAAKEN, WASHINGTON
Series: T625 Roll: 1935 Page: 182
78 dwelling 79 family
HYDE, ROBERT H (head)
-----, Beulah (wife)
-----, Charles H. (son)
-----, Robert H. (son)
-----, William B. (son)
OLSON, Mary (cook)
JAMISON, Minnie (nurse)
................
Three men kidnap 13-year-old Charles H. Hyde III in Lakewood and hold him for ransom on November 17, 1965.
HistoryLink.org Essay 8282
On November 17, 1965, three men kidnap Charles H. Hyde III, age 13, from a school bus stop in Lakewood, near Tacoma (Pierce County) in broad daylight. His captors telephone the Hyde family, demanding $45,000 for the boy's safe return. His father, Charles H. Hyde II acts immediately and pays the ransom. Young Charles is released nine hours later in an empty building on Ruston Way near Tacoma's Old Town Dock. On November 20, 1965, Tilford G. Baker, age 34, surrenders to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, confesses to the crime and implicates two accomplices. Federal fugitive warrants are immediately issued for Dean A. Bromley, age 20, and James E. Evans, age 31. That night the FBI captures Bromley in Arkansas. Two days later, on November 22, Evans, who had fled to California, returns to Tacoma and surrenders. The men, pleading insanity, go to trial in February 1966 and are found guilty. Baker is a given life sentence for first-degree kidnapping and Evans 10 years for conspiracy to kidnap. Bromley will appeal and the Washington State Supreme Court will grant him a new trial. But the result is the same and he will be sentenced to life in prison. The Hyde family usually shunned publicity, but the kidnapping of young Charles gained national attention and became one of the most sensational regional crime stories of the decade.
For the complete story go to http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=8282
Charles Henry Hyde II, a long time wholesale grocer and benefactor of many local charities, died on Wednesday, May 13, 1998 at Northwest Regional Hospital in Tukwila, Washington. He was 84 and had suffered a prolonged illness, which he faced with courage and dignity. His family was at his bedside at the time of his death.
Mr. Hyde was born in Tacoma on April 9, 1914, the eldest of the three sons of Beulah Loomis and Robert Henry Hyde. His grandfather was Northwest pioneer Charles Henry Hyde I, who founded the West Coast Grocery Company in 1891. After graduation from Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Charley worked for the family wholesale grocery business in Tacoma. Over the years he developed what had been a small local company into one of the largest wholesale grocery businesses in the U.S., serving Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Mr. Hyde was well loved and respected by his employees, business associates and customers. One of the founders of NAWGA, the North American Whole- sale Grocers Association, he served as Chairman of the association and was a Director for many years. Charley was raised and lived his entire life in the Gravelly Lake area. A charter member of the Gravelly Lake Homeowners Association, he maintained an active interest in the well being and preservation of the lake. He was a lifelong member of both the Tacoma Club and the Tacoma Golf and Country Club, where he and his brothers were enthusiastic golfers and tennis players. One of the founding members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club, he served as President and whip for the hunt for many years. He was a founding member of Charles Wright Academy and served for many years on the Academy Board of Directors. He was also an enthusiastic supporter and Board Member of Northwest Trek. Charley's passionate interest in the Pacific Northwest, particularly in the Cascade region and Mount Rainier, was recognized by all who knew him. An avid skier, his interest in and friendship with the first American Olympic Ski Team, which trained at Mount Rainier, motivated a trip to watch the team compete at Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. This led to a nine month bicycle and touring trip around the world, including visits to Indonesia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, at a time when major political changes were effecting much of Europe and the Orient. He maintained an interest in skiing throughout his life and was a founder and member of the Northwest Antique Skiers Club.
Mr. Hyde is survived by his wife of 53 years, Otis Douglas Brown Hyde; their children, Douglas Ann Land of Ithaca, NY, Christopher Jane Hyde Lee of London, England, and Charles Henry Hyde III of Tacoma, WA; brother William Beaton Hyde of Gig Harbor, WA; niece Pamela Hyde Smith of Washington D.C.; and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by brother Robert Henry Hyde Jr. of Tacoma, WA.
There will be a private family service at Mountain View Funeral Home. A reception to celebrate his life with friends and associates, will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, May 16 at the Tacoma Club, 12th and Pacific. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charities of your choice.
Pub Date: 5/14/1998
Tacoma News Tribune
http://obitz.us/name/namemain.htm
................
1920 U.S. Census
PIERCE CO, INTERLAAKEN, WASHINGTON
Series: T625 Roll: 1935 Page: 182
78 dwelling 79 family
HYDE, ROBERT H (head)
-----, Beulah (wife)
-----, Charles H. (son)
-----, Robert H. (son)
-----, William B. (son)
OLSON, Mary (cook)
JAMISON, Minnie (nurse)
................
Three men kidnap 13-year-old Charles H. Hyde III in Lakewood and hold him for ransom on November 17, 1965.
HistoryLink.org Essay 8282
On November 17, 1965, three men kidnap Charles H. Hyde III, age 13, from a school bus stop in Lakewood, near Tacoma (Pierce County) in broad daylight. His captors telephone the Hyde family, demanding $45,000 for the boy's safe return. His father, Charles H. Hyde II acts immediately and pays the ransom. Young Charles is released nine hours later in an empty building on Ruston Way near Tacoma's Old Town Dock. On November 20, 1965, Tilford G. Baker, age 34, surrenders to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, confesses to the crime and implicates two accomplices. Federal fugitive warrants are immediately issued for Dean A. Bromley, age 20, and James E. Evans, age 31. That night the FBI captures Bromley in Arkansas. Two days later, on November 22, Evans, who had fled to California, returns to Tacoma and surrenders. The men, pleading insanity, go to trial in February 1966 and are found guilty. Baker is a given life sentence for first-degree kidnapping and Evans 10 years for conspiracy to kidnap. Bromley will appeal and the Washington State Supreme Court will grant him a new trial. But the result is the same and he will be sentenced to life in prison. The Hyde family usually shunned publicity, but the kidnapping of young Charles gained national attention and became one of the most sensational regional crime stories of the decade.
For the complete story go to http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=8282
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