Ida M. Lyon

LYON, GARDNER, BETTINGER, RAFFERTY

Posted By: Cindy Bray Lovell (email)
Date: 1/21/2009 at 13:27:07

Funeral of Mrs. Lyon

The remains of Mrs. Theron Lyon arrived in this city over the St. Paul road on Friday evening from St. Maries, Idaho, where Mrs Lyon had passed away the previous Tuesday from an attack of heart trouble
The body was accompanied here by Mr. Lyon, Miss Verna Lyon and Will Gardner. The funeral was held on Monday afternoon from the Congregational church \ the services being conducted by the Rev. C.C. Becker of the Methodist church.
Mrs Lyon, whose maiden name was Ida M. Gardner, was born In Lansing, lowa, on the 11th ot June, 1857, and would have been 60 years of age at her next birthday. She came to Grand Rapids with her family when a girl. She was married to Mr. Lyon in this city in 1885 and made her home here until she and Mr. Lyon moved west about six years ago, living for a short time at Spokane, Washington, and later moving to St. Maries, Idaho.
Mrs. Lyon was a woman who was liked by all who know her, and had many friends in this city who had known her for many years and who had expected to greet her again In life, and who wore greatly shocked and pained when they learned of her sudden and untimely death. A large number of the old-time friends attended the last sad rites Monday and did what they could to show their regard and love for their departed friend.
The following is taken from the St. Maries Record.
The many friends in this city of Mrs. Theron Lyon wore grieved and shocked to learn ot her sudden death, which occurred at one o'clock this morning from heart failure. Her death was entirely unexpected. She had been in her usual health, attending to her duties as librarian of the Public library until it closed at the usual time, five o'clock, yesterday and spent a very pleasant evening with her family, being in even bettor, spirits than common.
She retired at about eleven o'clock. At one o'clock Mr. Lyon was roused by her raising up in bed. She only spoke a word and dropped over into his arms, gasped twice and expired. Dr. O. D. Platt was summoned at once but could do nothing. The remains will be taken to Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, her former home, for burial, the family leaving tomorrow morning for that place with the body.
Mrs. Lyon was one of the best-known women in the city, having for the past five years been librarian of the St. Maries Public Library, In which she took a great deal of interest. The success of the library and its growth is clue, in a groat measure, to her untiring work and great efforts in its behalf and her death will be a great blow to it as it will be difficult to find anyone who will take the interest in it or devote the time and work to it that she did. She was. universally liked by all who knew her and the sympathy of a large circle of friends goes out to the stricken family.
Mrs. Lyon was 59 years old the 11th day of last June. She was born at Lansing, Iowa, and moved with her parents, while still a small child, to Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, where she attended school and resided until she came to this city. She taught school in Grand Rapids for 0 years and was married May 12, 1885, to Theiou Lj'on, whose family was ono of tho first to settle in that city,
She was a member of the Congregational church of that city and was prominent in church and club work until she left there in October, 1911, to join her husband who had come here the previous April. Her heart was always in Grand Rapids, where her infant son was buried. They had kept their home there and her hope was to go back there to live. She had planned on visiting there next summer.
Besides her husband she leaves her daughter, Verna, who is one of the teachers in the city schools, two sisters, Mrs. Lee Bettinger of Chicago, and Mrs. Frank Rafferty of Spring Valley, Minnesota, and two brothers, Walter Gardner of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, and Will Gardner of this city."

From the Grand Rapids Tribune (Feb. 1, 1917)

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