OBIT: John L. LYONS, 1998, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LYONS
  
    John L. Lyons, 75, Somerset, died Feb. 13, 1998, at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Nov. 23, 1922, in Milford Township, son of Edward J.
  and Minnie (Fresh) Lyons.  Preceded in death by parents, sister,
  Evelyn and brother, Ernest.  Survived by his wife, Erma (Watkins)
  Lyons, to whom he was married for 45 years; children: Carol, married
  to Ronald Yinkey, Somerset; Bonnie, married to Robert K. Ritenour,
  Friedens; Bill, Tulsa, Okla., and Jerry, Somerset; grandchildren:
  Tina, Christopher, Ryan Eric, Sherri, Johnny and Andy.  Brother of:
  Bessie Faidley, Somerset; Hazel Nichols, Confluence; Mary Sanner and
  Pearl Lyons, both of Nemacolin; and Edward Lyons, Somerset.  Veteran
  of the U.S. Army in W.W. II, where he served in the 159th Combat
  Engineer Battalion.  Retired owner of Lyons Boron station in
  Somerset.  Member of the Geiger Church of the Brethren.  Friends will
  be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Wilbur D.
  Miller Funeral Home, Somerset.  Funeral service will be conducted
  Monday at 11 a.m. at the Geiger Church of the Brethren, where the
  family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.  The Rev.
  Gerald Deffenbaugh officiating.  Interment, Somerset County Memorial
  Park.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the
  Geiger Church of the Brethren building fund.
  
  Daily American, February 14, 1998
  
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