Bob Dyer with his children (l-r) Maura, Rick, Loni, and Michael.
Bob Dyer
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Gilroy Will Miss You
Bob Dyer with wife, Diane.
H
undreds of people gathered at
Eagle Ridge Country Club in
April for a ‘Going Away Party’ for
beloved Gilroy businessman, Robert James
Dyer, founder and owner of R.J. Dyer Real
Property Investments, who passed away on
March 8, 2016.
Dyer was thought of as a native of
Gilroy, although his hometown was Moline,
Illinois. It wasn’t until 1977, when he and
his first wife Carol became part of the
Gilroy community at the urging of his
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good friend and Gilroy business owner,
John Kent.
Dyer, who after twenty plus years in the
United States Air Force, retired a Lt. Colonel,
and went to work for Kent’s company,
providing Dyer his introduction to the world of
real estate. As it turned out, it was a perfect fit.
John Taft, a real estate broker with R. J.
Dyer Property, Inc., recalls Bob telling him,
“I think I’ve sold just about every piece of
property here in Gilroy, at least once.”
In the years that followed, Dyer became
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a respected business owner. During that
time, he and Carol went their separate
ways. In 1990, Dyer met local resident,
Diane Vanni, and five years later, the
couple married.
“People saw a change in him after we
married,” Diane said. “We just clicked, we
enjoyed things together. We laughed a lot.”
And it was Dyer’s humor, and his never
give up attitude, that Diane appreciated
most about her husband.
“He just never gave up on anything,
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Written By Kimberly Ewertz