1924 Beatrice Childs Dyment, Feb. 17, 1997.
A member of the Bates Key, Beatrice Childs Dyment taught in the high schools of Hardwick, Vt., and Mexico, where she also was speech coach and dean of girls. Following her marriage to LeRoy Dyment in 1928, she was a homemaker for several years. In 1974 she retired after a 30-year teaching career at South Portland High School, where she taught English, Latin, and French.
Past president of the Portland Bates Alumnae Club, Mrs. Dyment belonged to Pythian Sisters and was past president of Excelsior Literary Club. For several years she spent winters in Sarasota, Fla., where she was a deaconess in the First Congregational Church UCC. She was predeceased by her husband of 65 years and leaves a son, LeRoy; daughter-in-law Nancy; two granddaughters; and three great-grandchildren.