Jeanette Keiffer

Jeanette K. Dye

November 24, 1920 - March 21, 2006

ALBANY - Jeanette K. Dye, 85 of Albany, passed away Tuesday, March 21, at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.

She was born November 24, 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio the daughter of Lawrence and Lula May (Daugherty) Keiffer. She was raised in Cleveland and graduated from Shaw High School in 1938. She attended the University of Illinois and then enlisted in the United States Navy on November 7, 1942 and served as a code breaker during World War II until her honorable discharge on September 28, 1945. While Jeanette was in the U.S. Navy some friends introduced her to a young Navy man from Oregon named James A. Dye and they married in Washington D.C. on April 28, 1945.

After their discharge, Jeanette and James moved to Roseburg and Toledo, Oregon for a short time before moving to Albany, Oregon in 1950. Jeanette was very involved in the lives of her children as a Girl Scout Leader as well as a PTA participant. She was the Bookkeeper for the Albany Chamber of Commerce from 1968 until 1983 and was very involved in the Veterans Day events in Albany. Jeanette played an active roll in raising funds to bring the YMCA to Albany. She enjoyed puzzles, games, bowling, and was an avid Cleveland Indians fan. But most of all Jeanette enjoyed her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by son, William Dye of Salem; daughters, Jeanette Scott of Salem and Patricia Binnendyk of Wilsonville; and grandchildren, Sean Turino, Jamie Cole, Anthony Turino, Jeffery Binnendyk, Kristine Morris, Timothy Binnendyk, Michael Lehman, Frans Binnendyk, Nathan Dye, and Jase Dye; and sister, Frances Agnew of Corvallis. Jeanette was preceded in death by daughter, Luanne Dye; son, James W. Dye; husband, James A. Dye; and brother, Raymond Keiffer.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, March 27, AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home with military honors provided by the U.S. Navy and the American Legion Posts 10 and 51. Private burial will be at Knox Butte Cemetery in Albany. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Lung Association of Oregon and sent in care of AAsum-Dufour Funeral Home, 805 Ellsworth Street S.W., Albany, OR 97321,