Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary: RUBY ELNORA LYONS Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joann Brazee Osage County News Service (OCNS) http://ocns.freeyellow.com/ Email: ocns@hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RUBY ELNORA LYONS OCNS - May 16, 2002 - Mrs. Ruby Elnora Lyons, 78, retired nurse aide and resident of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, died at 12:25 a.m., Tuesday, May 14, 2002, in the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 18, in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Pawhuska. Cremation arrangements were under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home, Bartlesville. Mrs. Lyons was born March 15, 1924 at Cuba, Kansas to Thomas and Emma (Oliver) Johnson. She was reared and educated in Denver, Colorado, moving to Pawhuska in 1944. She was married to Lester Lyons in 1948 in Pawhuska where they made their home. Mrs. Lyons was a member of the Pawhuska Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses. Survivors include two sons, Patrick "Pat" Lyons and Larry Lyons of Pawhuska; two daughters, Carolyn Ayres of Richhill, Missouri and Marilyn Gorman of California; three brothers, Carl Johnson of Oklahoma City, Tommy Johnson of Westville, Oklahoma and Raymond Johnson of Joplin, Missouri; three sisters, Mary Lou Widner of Ralston, Oklahoma, Edna Mae Brooks of Poteau, Oklahoma and Maxine Dobson of Arkansas and several grandchildren. Mrs. Lyons was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Lester Lyons on November r21, 1969 and one grandson, Randy D. Ayres.