Harriet (Nelson) LYONS

LYONS, HANSEN, NELSON, NESSA, SMITH, TAYLOR, SINDERGARD, BUNZ, HANSON, BRAZIER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/20/2006 at 01:56:26

Harriet Genevieve Lyons, 84, of Clarion, died Monday, February 4, 2002, at her home in Clarion. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 9th at First Lutheran Church in Clarion. Pastor Gary Boen officiated at the 10:30 a.m. service. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion. Willim Funeral Home of Clarion was in charge of arrangements. Harriet Genevieve Nelson was born June 2, 1918, in Laurens, the daughter of Herman and Nora Hansen Nelson. Harriet was raised on a farm and graduated from Havelock High school. She worked at a military plant during World War II. She and Lester Lee Lyons were married July 29, 1944 in Laurens. The couple lived in the Laurens area. Harriet and her family later moved and resided in Humboldt County. They later moved to Clarion where Harriet cleaned houses and was a homemaker. She enjoyed her family, time spent with Lester, and playing cards with her sister. She also loved baking, singing, and taking care of her flowers and plants with which she won many ribbons at the county fair. Harriet was a member of First Lutheran Church and Ladies Sew Day. Harriet is survived by one daughter, Noreen Nessa and husband, John of Altamont, Illinois; three sons; Larry Lyons and wife, Linda of Clarion; Rick Lyons and wife, Julie of Winona, Minnesota; Terry Lyons and wife, Cheri of Clarion; 12 grandchildren; several step-grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; three step-children; Karen Smith of Des Moines; Loretta Taylor of Shingletown, California; Lee Lyons of Cordova, Tennessee; and one sister, Pearl Sindergard; one daughter-in-law, Jean Bunz. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lester; two sons; Walter Bunz and Ronald Lyons; one stepson, Dennis Lyons; two sisters; Clara Hanson and Nadine Brazier and one brother, Bob Nelson.

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