John Gustave (Johnny) BYE

Other Events and Attributes:

• MN Birth Cert Checked: Y
• Minnesota Birth Certificate: 1900-17366
• Oregon Death Certificate: 76-07163
• Baptism: 27 Sep 1900, Otter Tail County, Minnesota

Notes:

He was “at home” at the time of his father’s death.

An unnamed Bye was born to a mother named Gertie in Otter Tail County on September 7, 1900. We’ll assume that this was John.

John Gustave Bye registered for the draft on September 12, 1918. His birthday is listed as September 7, 1900. He lives at 420 Channing Ave. N., Fergus Falls. He is a clerk with the H. P. Bye and Co. at 220 Lincoln Avenue N., Fergus Falls. His nearest relative is J. M. Bye of the Channing Avenue address. He is medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair.

He worked for Otter Tail Power Company in Fergus Falls at the time of his mother’s death in 1926.

In the 1929 Portland, Oregon, city directory, he was a sander for the D Manufacturing Co. He and Evelyn lived at 5254 74th SE.

John G. was married and he and his wife were living with George in an apartment in Los Angeles at the time of the 1930 census. John and his wife Evelyn A. had been married a year. John was a sander at a furniture company.

In the 1932 California voter registration, John G and Mrs Evelyn A Bye lived at 308 E 74th Street in Los Angeles. He registered as a Democrat, she as a Republican. This may be the “74th and San Pedro” address that George cites as the address of “Jno. G. Bye” in George’s admission to the Sawtelle home in July of 1932.

For the 1932-33 registration year, John’s car registered in Oregon was a 1928 Pontiac coupe. He lived at 7228 55th Avenue SE.

In the 1936/37 Portland (Oregon) city directory, John G Bye is a factory worker at DMfgCo. He and his wife Evelyn live at 5830 SE 80th Avenue. In the 1937/38 Portland (Oregon) city directory, John G is a “furnwkr DMfgCo.” He and Evelyn still live at 5830 SE 80th Avenue.

In the 1940 census, he and Evelyn and Robert and Mary live at 5839 SE 80th in Portland, Oregon. John had had 1 year of high school, Evelyn had had 3 years. John was a machine sander in the furniture industry.

A John G. Bye married a Ruth Ella Hardin (neé Descombes), both of Multnomah County, in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, on 21 Jul 1945. That Ruth died 6 Feb 1993 in Multnomah County as Ruth E Johnson.

In the 1953 Portland, Oregon, city directory, John G Bye and his wife Ruth E lived at 2817 NW Thurman. He was a machinist. They were still together at 2817 NW Thurman in the 1956 city directory. At that time, John was a machinist for Schmitt Steel and Ruth was a machine operator for Thurlow, Inc. Listed as also living at the 2817 NW Thurman address in that 1956 directory was Robert E Bye, a tracer for Willamette Iron & Steel. John G and Ruth E were still listed together as spouses in the 1959 and 1960 Portland city directories.

John G. Bye, born Sep of 1900, died April 9, 1976, in Washington County, Oregon. His wife was named Betty. His death cert was 76-07163.

Johnny and Betty lived in Beaverton, Oregon, according to Michael.

Baptism:
First English Lutheran of Fergus Falls. As Johan Gustav Bye.

Buried:
urn memorial, Garden of the Apostles

John married Evelyn Agnes BOGUSLASKI on 8 Sep 1928 in Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced on 2 Jun 1942 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Evelyn was born on 20 Jun 1909 in Wisconsin; died on 22 Apr 1978 in Lane County, Oregon; was buried in Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Ella DESCOMBES on 21 Jul 1945 in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, and was divorced on 10 Jun 1958 in Multnomah County, Oregon. Ruth was born on 22 Jun 1913 in Missouri; died on 6 Feb 1993 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Betty Marie LUCHTERHAND. Betty was born on 5 Dec 1905 in Oakland, Oregon; died on 21 Jun 1995 in Washington County, Oregon; was buried in Skyline Memorial Gardens, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1955 Klamath Falls city directory, he lived with his mother and step-father and sister (and, presumably, his 10 year-old half-brother) at 4680 Peck Drive. He worked at the Klamath Basin Pine Mills where his step-father also worked.

In the 1957 Portland city directory, he lived with his father and step-mother at 2817 NW Thurman. He was a mail distributor for the OPRR.

In the 1959 Spokane city directory, he was a freight clerk for the UPRR. He and his wife Charlene lived at W 1505 6th Avenue, apartment C.

He lived in Lake Oswego, Oregon, in 1993.

Robert Owen Bye died Feb. 19, 2001, of lung cancer at age 68. No service will be held. Mr. Bye was born March 16, 1932, in Los Angeles and grew up in Klamath Falls. From 1950 to 1954, he served in the U.S. Air Force. He moved to Portland in the late 1950s and was a sales representative for Union Pacific Railroad until retiring in 1987. In 1976, he married Luanne Pinardi.

Survivors include his wife; daughters, Vicki and Julie; sister, Mary Lou Rice; half-brother, Mike Boyle; and one grandchild.

Robert married Charlene Joanne MACKENZIE on 21 Feb 1959 in Multnomah County, Oregon, and was divorced on 4 Aug 1969 in Multnomah County, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married L.M. PINARDI [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She changed her name on her Social Security record to Mary Lou Rice in February of 1966. Her original Social Security name, when she first registered in May of 1953 was Mary Louise Bye.

In the 1954 Klamath Union High School yearbook (Klamath Falls, Oregon), she was a sophomore and went by Mary Lou Bye.

In the 1955 Klamath Falls city directory, she was Mary L Bye, a clerk at Blocks Shoe Store. She lived with her brother, mother, and step-father Leo Boyle at 4680 Peck Drive in Klamath Falls.

Died:
as Mary L Rice

Mary married C.N. RICE [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]