Obituary of Patricia Dye

Patricia Kimble-Dye journeyed to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 29, 2011. She was born to Paula Rojas Salas Kimble and Emmit Kimble in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 13, 1970. Patricia completed three years during high school in the Reserve Offices’ Training Corps on December 20, 1988. After graduating from Bel Air High School in 1989, Patricia attended the University of Texas in El Paso. Then she decided to change careers and get her degree as a medical assistant at the Western Technical Institute, which she completed in 1991. Patricia married Wardell Dye, Jr. on March 30, 1992 and decided to follow his military career to become a devoted wife and mother while they were stationed in Germany and later returned to CONUS and then moved to Manhattan, Kansas. When her husband retired from the military they moved to Graham, Washington in 1996 where they resided with their two daughters, Keisha and Jasmine. Patricia was employed with Sound Mental Health for 11 years as a counselor and took tremendous pride in serving her clients. She also coached her daughters Baseball and Basketball team during the 6th grade. Her enormous love for the Seattle Seahawks inspired her to have memorabilia throughout her work, automobile and home which considered her to be the 12th man or 12th player, which is a term used to describe the fans within the stadium. Patricia loved to read, one of her favorite authors was James Patterson, and she collected all his novels starting from “Against Medical Advice” to “You've Been Warned”. She also loved to tend to her garden where she grew a variety of flowers that was admired by neighbors and friends. Patricia was preceded in death by her mother (Paula Rojas Salas Kimble), father (Emmit Kimble), sister (Aurelia “Rosa” Rojas Kimble), brother (Guillermo Kimble), and half-sisters (Wanda Kimble & Gloria Kimble). She leaves to cherish her memories to her devoted husband, Wardell Dye, two daughters, Keisha E. Dye, Jasmine D. Dye, and granddaughter Sophia E. Dye. Two brothers; Sergio Kimble, Emilio Kimble and four sisters; Valeria Kimble, Pola Kimble, Maribi Kimble, Maybel Kimble and half-sisters; Edna Harris, Lavada Stidam, Mary Pippens, Brenda Pippens, Dorothy Pippens, Betty Stidam and half-brothers: Billy Ray Kimble, Sonny Kimble, Robert Kimble, Terry Pippens, Anthony Pippens, Eddie Pippens and a host of nieces, nephews, and close friends. Please join us in celebrating Patricia’s life by offering a story or insight to her memory by signing her quest book. Acknowledgments We, the family of Patricia Dye, wish to express our profound appreciation for the kindness and sympathy extended to us during our bereavement. Your prayers, cards, flowers, kind thoughts and deeds have served to sustain us at this most difficult time of our lives. May God richly bless each of you and keep you in His perfect peace. Patricia Dye will be missed by all. Interment Cedar Lawn Cemetery & Crematory Memorial Park McLean Blvd. & Crooks Ave ~ Paterson, NJ 07510