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Obituary for Lucy Oakes Lyon
18 May, 1897 - 31 January, 1959
From The Caldwell News-Tribune,
dated Monday, 2 February, 1959
Contributed by Dennis McIndoo


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Mrs. Lucy Lyon
     Mrs. Lucy O. Lyon, 61, of 1301 Dearborn St., Caldwell, died Saturday at a local hospital.
     She was born May 18, 1897, in Caldwell and was reared in Caldwell and attended grade school and the College of Idaho, and attended Northwestern University at Evanston, Ill.
     She was married to Allen C. Lyon on April 23, 1921, in Caldwell.
     Mrs. Lyon was employed by the Oakes Brothers department store and worked at the county treasurers office and for a short period of time worked in the office of the county superintendent.
     In 1926 the couple moved to Hawaii, returning to Seattle, Wash., in 1937 where they resided for a year before returning to Caldwell where they resided for a year before returning to Caldwell where they had since resided.
     She was an employee of the Edgar L. Oakes Seed Co., until her recent illness.
     She was a member of the Chapter F. PEO, holding various offices, a member of the UT Club, the oldest social club in Caldwell, an active member of the First Methodist Church of Caldwell and served as superintendent of the primary department and was a member of the Thursday Musicale.
     Survivors in addition to her husband, are a son, Ralph W. Lyon, Caldwell;  a daughter, Mrs. Leila L. Zimmerman, Kennewick, Wash.;  two brothers, Edgar L. Oakes, Caldwell and Ralph W. Oakes of Los Angeles, Calif.;  and four grandchildren.
     Services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Methodist Church of Caldwell.  The Rev. Harold N. Nye will officiate.  Interment will be in Canyon Hill Cemetery under the direction of the Peckham-Dakan-Davis Chapel.  Friends may call at the First Methodist Church form 1:30 p.m. until the our of services.
     The family asks that memorials be given to the First Methodist Church.


 
 
 

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