George Henry Lyman, 1877-1982

LYMAN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 2/17/2009 at 07:34:39

ESTHERVILLE --Services for George Henry Lyman, 104, will be held Thursday, 1:30 p.m. at the Christian Church with Dr. James Harmon officiating. Interment will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. He passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 14, 1982, at the Good Samaritan Center. Friends may call at the Fuhrman Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today (Wednesday).

Lyman was born Nov. 27, 1877 at Croton, Ohio, the son of Fred and Martha Lyman. He moved with his parents to Jackson, Minn. in 1881 and to Estherville in 1886.

On Jan. 6, 1899 he was united in marriage to Anna Jane Montgomery at Montgomery, Ia. The couple lived in Estherville where he was in the grocery business for 40 years; he then farmed for 12 years south of Estherville, and then he operated the North 6th Street Grocery for 22 years and worked for his son, John, in the oil business until he retired at age 85. He has been a resident of Good Samaritan Center for the past several years.

He was a lifetime member of the Christian Church.

Survivors include two sons, John Lyman, Estherville and Richard Lyman of San Angelo, Texas; one daughter, Kathryn Lyman, Estherville; five grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife; one son, Fred; his parents; four sisters and three brothers.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Daily News, Estherville, Iowa; September 15, 1982.