Sidney Elroy Lyddon (1920)
LYDDON
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 4/19/2014 at 09:16:23
Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 5, 1920Sidney Elroy Lyddon, aged 32 years, residing 7 miles south of Dexter died Sunday morning as the result of pneumonia. The funeral was held Wednesday at Dexter, where interment was made.
________________________The Dexter Sentinel
Dexter, Iowa
Thursday, February 12, 1920Sydney ElRoy Lyddon was born at Lenox, Iowa, July 3rd, 1887 and died of Flu Pneumonia at his home south of Dexter, on Sunday morning, Feb. 1st, 1920, aged 32 years, six months, and 28 days.
He was married at Stuart, Ia. March 7th, 1916, to Miss Leota E. Conway, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Conway, who is left to mourn his loss. Besides his wife he leaves a mother, Mrs. Wm. Lyddon, four brothers, Orville, John and Arthur of Dexter, and Walter of Stuart, Ia.; also three sisters, Mrs. Ina Hochstetler of Dexter, Mrs. Ona Cady of Brighton, and Mrs. Mae Carter of Stuart. All of the brothers and sisters were present with the exception of Mrs. Cady who was unable to come.
Roy, as he was better known, was the youngest of the five sons. He was of a kind and loving disposition and winning ways that made for him friends wherever he went. He was always ready to lend a hand to those in need, especially to the aged whom he met. In the recent illness of his father, he never tired of caring for him, doing all he could in his kind and loving way to ease and brighten his weary hours, being with him to the last when death claimed the father on Sunday morning, December 28th, 1919. This was only five short weeks to the day before Roy himself was called to meet him in the better home beyond.
Roy’s thoughtfulness and tender care in regard to his mother during her days and nights of watching and sorrow is also now a matter of tender memory. He could not have made these memories more precious if he had known those were to be his last opportunity for doing what he could in the kindest way.
Roy accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and made a public confession of his faith during the Rayburn meetings in Dexter in 1914 and soon after, united with the Presbyterian Church. He was a charter member of the Redmen Lodge of Dexter, and was the first one to break the ranks of the brotherhood here by death. His fellow members manifested their sympathy and brotherhood during the bereavement, being present as pall bearers. Those present were Russell Gowdey, Fred Fuller, Frank Spatz, John Kalbach, Ottiwell French, and Harry Dunmire. A memorial service was held at the Lodge rooms Thursday evening, Feb. 5th.
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