Pyland, Jr., Joe M.
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Joe Pyland lived a very good life. He was married for 52 years to a girl he met on a blind date, had two children who “stayed out of the ditches” and became successful adults, and was blessed with two grandsons. He had a job he loved selling potato chips for Frito-Lay, not only in the U.S. but globally as well. Business travels put Joe on a first name basis with the American Airlines staff at DFW and Heathrow airports. He loved to play golf and was well known for his putting skills. Joe was a country squire who enjoyed his tractor time as well as fence-leaning time watching the mares and foals graze in the sunshine. He always said he would have made the military a career if he could have had his own tank, but ultimately wading through rice paddies in Viet Nam changed his mind. Joe came from a military family, and he always had a soft place in his heart for soldiers. He volunteered with the USO at DFW airport and considered it an honor to help the troops passing thru Dallas. He believed strongly in the DCAP spay/neuter program and was given the nickname “The Ambassador”. His home was open to foster dogs and puppies from Operation Kindness as well as assorted strays who ultimately took up permanent residence. Joe passed away on April 10. He is survived by his wife, Kay, son Chad and his family Valerie, Sam and Michael, daughter Carie and her husband Rob. The family will always be grateful and thankful to the staff at Arden Courts Memory Care Center for their support, as well as to the ladies of Compassionate Hands, who made the last weeks of Joe’s life so much easier. Burial will take place at DFW National Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Operation Kindness Capital Campaign or The Max Fund, or to Dallas Companion Animal Project’s spay/neuter program. There will be a Remembrance Party at the family home on Saturday, April 28, from 3-6pm. Please come, raise a glass and share a memory with us. Arrangements are under the direction of ARIA Cremation Service and Funeral Home 19310 Preston Road Dallas, Texas 75252 214-306-6700
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So sorry for your loss.
“The highest tribute is not grief BUT GRATITUDE”
Fondly Vivian Scoggan
We offer our sincere condolences and prayers to you and your family. We know Joe is in a better place now; he will continue to be in our prayers. Bill and Darlene
We are so sorry for your loss. May ‘the God of all comfort’ be with your family at this difficult time.
Isaiah 41:10
Joe’s life was an exemplary one, the kind that makes the world a better place. John and I send our sincerest sympathy to your whole family. May all of your warm memories help to take the pain of loss away.
John and Tim Latta
I remember Joe from working with him at Frito. To give you an idea of how impressive a person he was, I left Frito 35 years ago and yet his obituary photo caught my eye. I remember him as a really nice guy and my heart goes out to all his family and friends for their loss.
Kay
I just heard about Joe’s passing.
I have many fond memories of Joe when he ran the SoCal region.
My sincere condolences to you and your family.
Cheryl Thornhill
I was a sergeant in Joe’s U.S. Army special forces ranger platoon in Vietnam, later worked with him at Frito-Lay and was saddened to learn of his passing. I will always remember Joe’s stellar leadership and coolness under fire in the heat of battle. Our platoon’s job was to team up with south Vietnamese soldiers and cross over the DMZ ahead of U.S. troop divisions and ferret out Vietcong ambushes. I’ll never forget one occasion when scouts we had sent out in each direction returned and told us that dozens of enemy soldiers were closing in on us from all four directions. The south Vietnamese sergeant immediately began jabbering to his soldiers. Joe, who was fluent in both Russian and German, asked his translator what the sergeant had said and was told that he asked his corporal to get him his red pajamas so that when he was hit by enemy fire his men wouldn’t be able to tell and would keep fighting. Typical Joe, always cool and calm under fire and wearing a belt made of enemy ears around his waist, used his wry sense of humor to calm everyone down by telling me to get him his brown pants. In spite of our precarious position, we all cracked up. Later we all managed to escape back across the DMZ to fight another day after Joe distracted the enemy by climbing up high in a nearby tree and doing his extremely realistic imitation of the screeches of a pack of wild hyenas. I’ll never forget Joe’s bravery and leadership.