Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lyon, Fred Duane January 5, 1941
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Ionia County News - Jan. 9, 1941


Fred Duane Lyon, 81, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emerson Petit, 209 
N. Jefferson Street, at eight o’clock Sunday evening, January 5.

Mr. Lyon was born at Palo, August 25, 1859. His marriage to Mary Helen Hill 
took place in Ionia on December 22, 1884. Four children were born to them, Earl 
Richard, Hazel Emeline, Ernest Ray and Onie E. The first two preceded the 
father in death.

Surviving are the widow; a daughter and a son Mrs. E. Petit, Ionia and Ernest 
of Fenwick; a grandson, William Lyon, Ionia; one sister, Mrs. Onie Wheaton of 
Orleans and several nieces and nephews.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyon spent most of their married life on a farm in Mecosta County, 
north of Remus. Mr. Lyon was a kind and loving father and devoted to the care 
of his wife, an invalid for more than 20 years. They had resided in the Petit 
home only a few weeks. 

Funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 8 from the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Petit and at 1:00 p.m. from the New Free Methodist church at 
Remus. Burial at Wodard Lake Cemetery. Mr. Lyon was a member of the Remus Free 
Methodist Church for many years and supervised the construction of the new 
church in 1939.



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