Obituaries

Obituary: Fanny Beryl Lyons

Lyons died Tuesday, March 4.

The following is from the Weir-McCuish Family Funeral Home.

Fanny Beryl Lyons, of Medford, formerly a longtime resident of Malden, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in Melrose. She was 87.

Born in Worcester on Nov. 26, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm and Janet (Stewart) Peterson. Beryl was raised and educated in Worcester and was a high school graduate. Beryl married her sweetheart, Robert E. Lyons, on Nov. 14, 1948 in Oklahoma. The couple spent over 36 years in marriage together, raising and caring for their family until Robert’s passing in October of 1985.

Beryl worked for over 25 years as a real estate agent in the Malden area, working for Escott Realty Co. She was a one-time member of the Zonta Club.

Beryl is survived by her children: Robin LaQuaglia and her husband, Robert, of Medford, Robert Lyons and his wife, Margaret, of Washington, Janet Baldi and her husband, Paul, of Malden, Sherry Hopkins and her husband, Sim, of Billerica and Kevin Lyons and his wife, Diane, of Medford, her nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

A visitation will be held in the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., Malden, on Monday, March 10, 2014 from 4-7:30 p.m. with a prayer service to immediately follow at 7:30 p.m. Interment services will be held in the MA National Cemetery in Bourne at a later date.


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