Dallis C. Dye

Dallis C. Dye

July 19, 1940-May 10, 2013

NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Dallis C. Dye passed away May 10, 2013 at Centennial Park Retirement, following a courageous battle with cancer.

Dallis was born July 19, 1940, on a farm south of North Platte, Nebraska to Orley and Edith (Miller) Dye Baxter. He attended grade school at Echo School, graduating from North Platte High School in 1959.

He married Connie Loghry April 24, 1960.

His first job, at 16, was working at Pepsi Cola Bottling Company. He worked at Keenan's Coca Cola from 1960 to 1977. In April 1977, he bought Cohagen Transfer and Storage, later adding Cohagen Battery Store, all running as a family business.

Dallis was serving on the RSVP board, the Opportunity Center Board, and the Nebraskland Days Foundation Board. He was a member of Buffalo Bill Kawanis receiving a Hixson Award in 2007, The Eagles Club, receiving the Father of the Year Award in 2008, and The Elks Club all at the time of his death. He was also past member of UP Link Up. He was the president of The North Platte Chamber of Commerce from 1993 to 1994. He received The North Platte Jaycee's Boss of the Year in 1990, The Joe DiNatle Award in 1992, and The Cody Scout Award in 2004.

Dallis was a passionate Husker football fan, attending as many home games as he could. He and his wife enjoyed square dancing with The Good Time Dancers. He traveled often in his motor home with his wife, and went to Arizona in the winters with their close friends. Dallis was a fixture in North Platte and could always been seen throughout the community at numerous events, gatherings, and functions. He was always there to help anybody and in any situation. He will be remembered as a hard worker, loving husband, father, grandpa, friend, and brother.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister-in-law, Carolyn Dye.

Survivors include his wife, Connie of 53 years; his brother, Dean Dye; son, Rod (Crystal) Dye; daughter, Nancy (Terry) McNew; and grandchildren, Sara (Kyle) Baker and their children, Abbi and Morgan Baker, Jennifer (Troy) Bayne and their children, Allison White and Brandi Bayne, Melissa (Shane) Blackburn and their son, Alex McNew, Joshua (Jane) Dye with a baby boy expected in October, Nicholas (Catherine Stewart) McNew and her children, Hunter Bartels and the late Leyha Bartels, and Brandi (Justin Erickson) Dye, all of North Platte; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. Graveside services will be 2 p.m., at the Maywood Cemetery.

A memorial has been established.

Visitation will be 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Monday and Tuesday with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 pm Tuesday at Carpenter Memorial Chapel.