1929
Owen
2019
Owen Wood Dykema
February 25, 1929 — January 30, 2019
Owen Wood Dykema was born on February 25, 1929 in Villa Park, Illinois to Evalyn Pearl Rayburn and Henry Simon Dykema. He died peacefully on January 30, 2019 at home in Roseburg, Oregon surrounded by the love of his family.
A chance viewing of a Naval recruitment poster in high school offering four years of college for flying planes changed Owen’s life forever. He joined the Navy, learned to fly and in December 1950 he and Enid married. Chris was born 10 months after they were married and then Owen was off to Korea to fly Corsairs off the USS Princeton in the North Pacific. Owen spent four years on active duty followed by 35 years in the Navel Reserves where he retired as Captain.
In 1958 he earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1961 he moved his family out to Canoga Park, California to start his career in the aerospace industry. In 1997 he and Enid moved up to Roseburg,
He loved to read and wrote many articles for newspapers & magazines and wrote multiple books on his life and scientific/religious thoughts. He loved family, anything to do with flying, basketball, math & science, a good cold beer and vanilla ice cream.
Owen is preceded in death by his son, Neal David, in 1980 from complications from Maffucci Syndrome and his wife, Enid Marie McKee, January 27, 2017. He is survived by his two daughters Christine Elaine Dykema, Gail Susan Hanson and his son-in-law Quentin Dale Hanson. Owen had three grandchildren, Erin Christine Leyva, Quentin Tyler Hanson and Miles David Hanson and two great-grandchildren by Erin and her husband Todd Leyva, Maguire Oliver and Eleanor Paige.
A memorial service will be held Monday, February 18th at 11 am at Wilson’s Chapel of the Roses in Roseburg. A private interment will follow at Roseburg Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the VFW Hall, Roseburg.
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A chance viewing of a Naval recruitment poster in high school offering four years of college for flying planes changed Owen’s life forever. He joined the Navy, learned to fly and in December 1950 he and Enid married. Chris was born 10 months after they were married and then Owen was off to Korea to fly Corsairs off the USS Princeton in the North Pacific. Owen spent four years on active duty followed by 35 years in the Navel Reserves where he retired as Captain.
In 1958 he earned a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1961 he moved his family out to Canoga Park, California to start his career in the aerospace industry. In 1997 he and Enid moved up to Roseburg,
He loved to read and wrote many articles for newspapers & magazines and wrote multiple books on his life and scientific/religious thoughts. He loved family, anything to do with flying, basketball, math & science, a good cold beer and vanilla ice cream.
Owen is preceded in death by his son, Neal David, in 1980 from complications from Maffucci Syndrome and his wife, Enid Marie McKee, January 27, 2017. He is survived by his two daughters Christine Elaine Dykema, Gail Susan Hanson and his son-in-law Quentin Dale Hanson. Owen had three grandchildren, Erin Christine Leyva, Quentin Tyler Hanson and Miles David Hanson and two great-grandchildren by Erin and her husband Todd Leyva, Maguire Oliver and Eleanor Paige.
A memorial service will be held Monday, February 18th at 11 am at Wilson’s Chapel of the Roses in Roseburg. A private interment will follow at Roseburg Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his name to the VFW Hall, Roseburg.
To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of
Owen Wood Dykema, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Owen Wood Dykema, please visit our flower store.
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