John F. Lyons, 88, of Wilton, died on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at the Wilton Retirement Community.
Visitation was held from 4 until 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 20 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wilton. A Christian wake service took place at 6 p.m.
An additional visitation will be held on Friday, Aug. 24 from 10 a.m. until the funeral mass at noon at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Springfield, Ohio.
Entombment will be held at the Ferncliff Cemetery Mausoleum in Springfield with military honors.
A memorial has been established in his name.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.bentleyfuneralhome.com.
John was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 16, 1930 to Jeremiah and Bernice (Long) Lyons.
John graduated from Chaminade High School in Dayton in 1948. He married Betty J. Bunnell on May 17, 1950 in Dayton. She preceded him in death on Feb. 23, 2005. John served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.
He worked at Univac and retired from MISCO (CDS). He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wilton and a former member of St. Teresa Catholic Church in Springfield.
John is survived by Sylvia Spencer of Wilton; his daughters: Deborah Ellis of Des Moines, Kathryn (Tom) Frame of Dayton, Teresa (Tim) Zinger of Letts, Rebecca Lyons of Dayton and Patricia Lyons of Miamisburg, Ohio; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren; and his sisters: Geri (Bill) Harness and Bernice (Ronald) Bowell, both of Ohio.
He was preceded in death by his wife, sister Mary Jane Shifflet and brothers: Robert, Bud and Joseph Lyons.
