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DYE, Eva Emery
Feb. 25, 1947; Oregonian, p 39 (photo)
"Death Stills Author's Pen"
Oregon City, Feb. 25 |
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Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, 91, Oregon author, died in a convalescent home here Tuesday. She had lived in Oregon City 57 years. Her
health had been poor for several years.
She was born in Illinois in 1855, and was graduated from Oberlin college in 1882. Soon afterward she married Charles Henry Dye, a
classmate in college.
They moved to Oregon and settled here where Mrs. Dye taught in the old Barclay school. Her first book "McLoughlin and Old Oregon,"
was published in 1900. This was followed in 1902 by one of her best known works, "The Conquest, the True Story of Lewis and Clark."
Her last book, "Soul of America, an Oregon Iliad," was published in 1934.
Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Earl Hutchinson, South Gate, Cal.; and two sons, Trafton Dye and Everett Dye, both of
Cleveland.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Holman, Hankins and Rilance. |
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Feb. 28, 1947; Oregonian, p 17
"Eva Emery Dye" |
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Funeral services for Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, 91, Oregon writer who died at Oregon City Tuesday, will be at 3 P.M. Friday in the
Atkinson Memorial Congregational church in Oregon City. Interment will be at Mountain View cemetery.
Mrs. Dye, widow of the late Charles H. Dye, Oregon City lawyer, had lived in Oregon City 57 years. She is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Eva Hutchinson, Los Angeles, and two sons, Trafton M. and Everett W. Dye, both of Cleveland, O. |
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