Passes Away At Age 87 At R.W. Olmstead Home in Prophetstown
Sterling Daily Gazette, Sterling, Illinois
Monday, March 7, 1938
Mrs. Minerva Lyon, 87, one of the older residents of Whiteside county, was called to the Great Beyond at 11:59 p.m. Sunday at the home of a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R.. W. Olsmstead in Prophetstown.Mrs. Lyon had been in failing health for a number of years.The last 68 years of her life were spent in Whiteside county.
Funeral services will be held from the Dudley funeral chapel in Prophetstown at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, in charge of Rev. A.E. Simester of the Prophetstown Methodist church.Interment will be in the Tampico cemetery.
Minerva Miller Lyon was born January 23, 1851, at Lebanon, Ind., the daughter of John T. and Charlotte Miller.When she was two years of age the family moved to Wyoming, Iowa, making the trip in a covered wagon.She was educated in the Wyoming schools, and for a time taught school in Jones county, Iowa.She was united in marriage to Marcus Lyon of Morrison at the home of her parents, Feb. 28, 1870, following which they made their home on a farm three miles south of Morrison, which they purchased.Five years later the farm was sold and Mr. and Mrs. Lyon purchased the Coon farm in Tampico where they took up their residence.In 1900 they retired from the farm and moved to Tampico, where Mr. Lyon passed away June 5, 1908.Mrs. Lyon continued her residence in Tampico until June 1, 1927, when she went to Prophetstown to make her home with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Olmstead, where she passed away.
Mrs. Lyon was a member of the Tampico chapter of the Eastern Star, of the Prophetstown woman’s Relief Corps, and the Prophetstown Methodist church.
Three sons, three daughters, one sister, 23 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren survive.The sons are Lewis J. of Sioux City, Iowa, Hubert B. of Prophetstown, and Marcus R. of Cedar Bluff, Iowa.The daughters, Mrs. R. W. Olmstead of Prophetstown, Mrs. S. E. Olmstead of Marinette, Wis., and Mrs. Lloyd Rife of Mobile, Ala.The sister is Mrs. John Brown of Pekin.Four daughters preceded in death.They are:Lottie, wife of Frank West; Minerva, wife of Charles Hartnell; Gracie, who passed away at the age of 11; Martha, who died at the age of 3.One brother Adolph and four sisters, Mrs. Addie Winslow, Mrs. Emma Green, Mrs. Jane Linsley and Mrs. Florence Brown, also preceded in death.
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