Madge Elaine Dye

Madge Elaine Dye, 87, died April 8, 2011 in Bremerton. Madge was born to Percy and Gretchen Rollins July 14, 1923 in Portland, Oregon. She attended schools in Tacoma, and graduated from Tacoma General School of Nursing with an RN degree. She and Joseph Dye were married in December 1950 and moved to Bremerton in 1951.

Madge was active in many local organizations including Girl Scouts, Reliance Chapter Order of Eastern Star, Harrison Hospital Auxiliary, Hatasu Temple Daughters of the Nile, Chapter GD P.E.O., and St. Paul's Episcopal Church. She had a long nursing career and retired from Harrison Hospital. She loved to travel to Britain and had many friends and fond memories from her trips there.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph in 1992. She is survived by her daughter Nancy (Jim Thomson) of Seattle, son Robert, grandchildren Amanda and Joe, and great-granddaughter Rose, all of Bremerton, and her sister Janet Lindgren of Vancouver, WA.

A memorial service will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Drive, Bremerton, at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 7th. In lieu of flowers donations are suggested to the American Heart Association.