STEVEN G. DYE 1911 - 2003

DYE, THELEN, LEE, LEMKAU

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 10/27/2003 at 13:52:07

Steven G. Dye

Telegraph Herald - Thursday, August 28, 2003

Steven G. Dye, 91, of 385 Bradley St., died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. today at Siegert-Didesch Colonial Funeral Home, 390 N. Grandview Ave., where friends may call after 6 p.m. today.

Mr. Dye worked as a lineman with the Illinois Central Railroad from 1941, until his retirement in 1976. Prior to his work with the railroad, he was manager of the Dubuque Golf and Country Club, athletic director at the Dubuque YMCA and was a lineman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

He was born on Sept. 29, 1911, in Dubuque, son of George and Rose Dye. He attended the former Columbia Academy in Dubuque.

He married Olive Mae Thelen on Aug. 31, 1937, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church; she died on Dec. 21, 2002.

Surviving are two daughters, Gretchen M. Lee, of Dubuque, and Marlynn E. Lemkau, of Kentucky.

Memorials may be given to St. Columbkille's Catholic School.