GARY RANDALL "DINK" DYE

GARY "DINK" RANDALL DYE, 59, of Fort Wayne, passed away Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017 after a brief battle with esophageal cancer. A commercial roofing superintendent, Dink spent the last five decades raising hell and loved booze, guns, motorcycles, and cars 'till the day he died. He loved a simple quiet day at home watching old episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Moonshiners". He was also a gardener and once grew a garden in the back of an old truck because he didn't feel like tilling the garden that year. He loved cooking and thought everything was better with tabasco sauce. He absolutely adored his grandchildren and put on a tough front but was unable to deny them anything. Gary would have loved knowing that friends and family would stop in at his celebration and re-tell the stories he can no longer tell. Gary will be lovingly remembered by his significant other of 21 years, Tess Beck and his children, Teresa (Michael) Conway, and Tiffani and Emily Beck. Gary will also be fondly remembered by his five grandchildren, Ysabella, Cody, Addison, Caden, and Mila. By his mother, Bertie Dye. By his sisters, Pat Elkins, Melissa (David) Shepherd, and Susan (Roger) Hindel. By his brothers, Cleatis (Alice), Michael (Tammy), and Carlos (Darlene) Dye. And by his many cousins and nieces and nephews. And by his faithful albeit cantankerous Jack Russell-Chihuahua mix, Ditto. He was preceded in death by his brother, Mark, and his father, Carlos J. Dye. A short memorial service and celebration of life is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 at Midwest Funeral Home & Cremation Society, 4602 Newaygo Road, Fort Wayne, Ind., with visitation from 4 to 6 p.m.