76 Woodland, CA Peter Riley Dyer, Jr, passed away on November 26, 2024, at home in Woodland. He was born in Monterey and grew up in Carmel before living in Yolo County. For over forty-five years he made a home in Woodland (where his grandmother lived after emigrating from Wales) with his wife and daughter. After graduating from York School in Monterey, he attended Stanford, eventually transferring to the University of California, Davis, where he earned a BA in German.

In 1976 he married Zin May Nyunt and became part of the Nyunt family clan. He worked in the construction industry before a career with United Parcel Service in a variety of positions. He ended his career as an industrial engineer at the management level as part of UPS Supply Chain Solutions.

Peter was curious, creative, inventive, a reader, humorous, and had aspecial affinity with cats. He had a detailed mind, was extremely thorough, loving, and supportive of his family and friends. He enjoyed exploring through travel, cuisine, research, reading, completing complicated jigsaw puzzles, and watching documentaries.

He was a high school athlete, Eagle Scout, and on the staff of the White Stag leadership program. He loved time in the outdoors, especially hiking and fly-fishing at the Dyer family summer cabin in the southern Sierras, and was a gifted carpenter and woodworker.

After his wife’s death, he married Agustina Seminio in 2011 and enfolded her family into his. They spent many happy years traveling in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and building a beautiful home in Bacolod, the Philippines.

He was preceded in death by his parents Peter and Jeannine Dyer, and wife Zin Nyunt Dyer. His loss is deeply grieved by his wife Agustina, daughter Alison (Brett Sikola) and his beloved granddaughters Zoe and Zin Sikola of San Jose. He is also survived by his brothers and sister Stephen (Cindy) of Carmel, Jane (Alan Cook) of Stockton, and John (Katee) of Silver Spring, Maryland; Manzon family Kris, Espe, and Bettina of Norwich, England; Tim, Rica, Matthew, Sophia, and Inigo of Bacolod; the extended Nyunt family, cousins Nicholas and Richard Sturch, and Susanne Dyer, four nieces and nephews, and thirteen great nieces and nephews and extended family on the East Coast, in England, and New Zealand.

Aprivate memorial will be held at the family home on February 8th. Memorial donations can be made to Doctors Without Borders.