Rudolph Philip Hy

Rudolph Philip Hy (Rudy), 87, passed away May 3, 2024.

Service Information:
Friday, May 10, 2024
Times: Visitation: 9:30AM – 10:30AM

Rosary: 10:30AM
Funeral Mass: 11:00AM

Where: Good Shepherd Catholic Community
1000 Tinker Rd
Colleyville, TX 76034

Burial at 2:30PM: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery
2000 Mountain Creek Pkwy, Dallas, TX 75211

In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association or Catholic Charities of Fort Worth.

Rudy was born on February 1, 1937, in Tonawanda, NY to Rudolph William Hy and Bernice Josephine Goraj Hy.

He had a career from1955-1977 as a Twenty-two-year veteran of the United States Navy / Senior Chief Petty Officer; from 1978 on, he worked as an Office Manager for Hewitt, Johnson, Swanson and Barbee Law Firm; General Dynamics; and for the Texas Department of Human Services.
Rudy had a servant's heart and volunteered at Good Shepherd Catholic Community Men’s Club, Fort Worth Diocese Marriage Tribunal Council, St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church Men’s Club, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Arlington Senior Men’s Golf Association, Boy Scouts of America and was an Altar Server.

His educational years spanned nearly 40 years. From 1949-1951 he attended Ascension Parochial School / North Tonawanda, NY; 1951-1954 / North Tonawanda High School / North Tonawanda, NY, graduating from high school in 3 years, 1954; 1954-1955 / Erie County Technical Institute / Buffalo, NY; and from 1979-1986 / The University of Texas at Arlington / Arlington, TX / Bachelor of Business Administration conferred December 20, 1986.

In early marriage, Dad and Mom were on several bowling leagues. They would leave the
house wearing the coolest matching embroidered bowling shirts carrying their bowling
bags containing shoes, gloves and ball. Mom’s bag was turquoise with white and Dad’s
black with white.

In the 1960’s, Dad was a bingo caller at the Navy base and mom loved to play. Every
Wednesday evening mom went to the base to play bingo while dad called the numbers. In
later life dad loved playing bingo and always managed to let us know that the caller
wasn’t calling correctly!

In 1968, Dad and Mom teamed up again and began square dancing and then moved into
round dancing. They went on several square and round dance vacation trips with their
dancing friends and always came back with hilarious stories and big smiles.
Dad and Mom loved going on cruises. Overall, they went on about a dozen cruises
following retirement. Their favorite cruise was the Panama Canal, which they did twice. Additionally, in his retirement years, Dad enjoyed golfing with the Arlington Senior Men’s Golf Association. He loved getting together with the guys to play a round and finishing the fellowship with a burger and beer.

Dad was an avid reader and crossword puzzle player. He read all the Clancy and Grisham
books until he was unable to read. In addition to the novels, Dad loved recipe books and
wine books. He had a love for learning more about what interested him. He loved the
daily newspaper so he could work the crossword puzzles. The dictionary and thesaurus
were definitely his friends. Very few words ever escaped him.

Dad enjoyed cooking and had some special meals that we always looked forward to,
especially spaghetti, chicken paprikash, and cioppino. With the meals he always had a
new bottle of wine for us to try. He did enjoy his wine and a great dry martini!

Becoming a great grandfather was probably Dad’s greatest joy. He told us he never
thought he would live long enough to be a great grandpa to one, much less to six!

Dad maintained his faith, that was rooted in deep commitment to our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Dad was committed to going to daily mass. As a child and young adult, he served as an
altar boy at his childhood church in North Tonawanda, NY. After retirement, when he
attended St. Vincent de Paul’s in Arlington, he was the lay minister who led the morning
communion service in the absence of the priest. He rarely missed mass. In his later years
he enjoyed special mass time by attending mass with his son, Cary on Wednesday nights
at Good Shephard and on Sunday mornings with his children Cary and Suzy, daughter-in-
law Kathy and son-in-law Larry. And yes, grace was always said at every meal.

He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 50 years, Diana Isabelle Montgomery Hy; his Parents, Rudolph W. Hy and Bernice J. Goraj Hy; and his sister, Louise Hy Cavanaugh.

Rudy is Survived by his daughter, Suzanne Lynn Hy Compton and son-in-law, Larry Don Compton of North Richland Hills; son, Cary Scott Hy and daughter-in-law, Kathryn London Burgess Hy (Kathy) of Grapevine and their children; grandson, Bryce William Hy, wife Campbell Rae and great-granddaughters, London Rae and Presley Mae of Grapevine; granddaughter, Christine London Hy and great-granddaughter, Kinlee London of Grapevine; grandson, Tyler Phillip Hy, wife Bethany Paige and great-grandchildren Abel Tice, Eleanor Paige and Callum Thomas of Keller; nephew, Tom Cavanaugh and his son, great-nephew, Jake Cavanaugh of New York; niece, Kathie Spedoke and her husband Todd of Michigan; sister-in-law, Jodie Goetzinger of Oklahoma and her children; niece, Janice Goetzinger of Oklahoma; niece, Cheryl Goetzinger Saxon and husband Charlie of Oklahoma; nephew, Gary Goetzinger, wife Cindy and great-nephew Cory of Oklahoma; niece, Mindy Leisure of Oklahoma; and niece, Laurie Leisure Storm and her husband Rett Storm of Texas.