Fred Wayne Lyon

Mr. Fred Wayne Lyon Mr. Fred Wayne Lyon, 93, former longtime Ponca City resident, died at 11:47 A.M. on Thursday, September 17, 2015 at the Heritage Villa Nursing Center in Bartlesville. Graveside services for Mr. Lyon will be held at 2:30 P.M. on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Oklahoma City with his son-in-law, Pastor Jim Griffin of the Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church officiating. Funeral services and interment are under the direction of the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory in Bartlesville. Friends who wish may call for visitation at the Stumpff Funeral Home in Bartlesville on Sunday and Monday from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. A memorial fund has been established and those who wish may send their contributions to the Missions Fund of the Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church, 5200 S.E. Nowata Road, Suite A, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 74006. Mr. Lyon was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 2, 1922 to Earl and Maggie (Geoffrey) Lyon. He grew up and received his education in Oklahoma City where he graduated from Classen High School. He then attended the University of Oklahoma for three years until entering the U.S. Army on May 26, 1942. Mr. Lyon was married to Peggy Elaine White on February 28, 1943 in Oklahoma City. Following his Honorable Discharge as a First Lieutenant on July 29, 1946, he returned to OU where he graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering. He was then employed by Conoco in Ponca City and also in Billings, Montana for five years until returning to Ponca City where he remained until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ponca City and had been an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in Ponca City. He was an avid tennis player and was a life member of the U.S. Tennis Association. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon continued to make their home in Ponca City until moving to Bartlesville to live near their daughter in 2013. He was a current member of the Bartlesville Southern Baptist Church. Mr. Lyon is survived by his wife, Peggy E. Lyon of the home in Bartlesville, two daughters, Kim Ann Braine of Bartlesville and Janna Beth Griffin and her husband Jim of Bartlesville, three brothers, Victor Lyon of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Gerald Lyon of Oklahoma City and Robert Lyon of Maryland, six grandchildren, Jason Braine, Aaron Lyon, Alec Lyon, Laura Richie, Sarah Craun and Hannah Griffin, and six great grandchildren, Mikela Lyon, Noah Lyon, Jace Braine, Josiah Richie, Grace Richie and Levi Craun. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Earl Lyon Jr. and one son, Curt Lyon.

Fred Wayne Lyon

April 2, 1922 - September 17, 2015