TITLE:    Richard Alden Lyons Sr., Obituary, Feb. 23, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
             Publishing news & views of LANCASTER - GROVETON -WHITEFIELD 
             & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New 
             Hampshire & Vermont - John D. Harrigan, Publisher (Feb 21,2001
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FORMATTED:   by CParziale, Feb 2001

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Richard A. Lyons Sr. 

BENNINGTON - Richard Alden Lyons Sr., 75, of Dodge Hill Road,
died on Feb. 23, 2001, at the Monadnock Community Hospital in
Peterborough. 

He was born in Canaan, Vt., Sept. 14, 1925, the son of Fred Alden and
Lena Julie (Batchelder) Lyons. He attended school in Claremont and
came to Bennington to live in 1954. He owned and operated the Lyons
Logging Business, active throughout New England for 47 years. He
attended St. Patrick Catholic Church, Bennington. He was a champion
weight lifter and enjoyed that sport for many years. He and his wife last
fall went on a two month trip through the Canadian Rockies, the Pacific
Northwest, and to Alaska. 

The family includes his wife, Ardelle (Wolfe) Lyons of Bennington; five
sons, Richard A. Lyons Jr., Raymond F. Lyons, Reginald J. Lyons, and
Randall M. Lyons, all of Bennington, and Ronald A. Lyons of Seaside
Park, N.J.; 16 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

There are no calling hours. A private Mass of Christian burial will be
held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary
Cemetery, Bennington, later in the spring. Memorial donations may be
made to the American Heart Association, New Hampshire Affiliate, 20
Merrimack St., Suite 1, Manchester 03101-2244. 



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