MEADE – Evelyn L. Dye, age 84, died early Friday morning, October 9, 2009, at Meade District Hospital, Meade, Kansas.

She was born January 16, 1925, at Sawyer, Kansa, the daughter of Clayton Leon and Frances Catherine (Sobba) Glenn. As a young girl, she was raised in the Fowler, Kansas area, graduating from Fowler High School in 1943.

On June 7, 1947, she married Virgil V. Dye at Meade, Kansas. Upon the couples marriage, they remained in Meade. She was a bookkeeper for the Dye Feed Store, worked for the Meade County Sheriffs Office and for the Clerk of the District Court with a combined service to Meade County of twenty-five years.

Evelyn enjoyed crocheting, sewing, and quilting, having recently constructed quilts of denim.

She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Altar Society, and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, all of Meade.

She is survived by:
A son, David Dye of Meade, Kansas

Three daughters, Rosemary O'Bryan of Wichita, Kansas
Karen Melton of Craig, Colorado
Judy Malone of Lyons, Kansas

A brother, Bob Glenn of Fowler, Kansas

A sister, Dorothy Marie Glenn of Fowler, Kansas

Three Grandchildren Four Great-grandchildren

She is preceded in death by her husband, Virgil V. Dye on June 10, 1970, a brother, Gerald Glenn; a granddaughter, Rebecca Melton on September 19, 2004; and her parents.

Vigil services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 11, 2009, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Meade. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 12, 2009, at the church with Father Angel Dy presiding. Friends may call from 12:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sunday at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church or the Lone Tree Retirement Center Employee Fund in care of the funeral home.