THOMAS LYSTER DIES AT AGE 67 IN HOSPITAL
Thomas Blaine Lyster, 67 of 305 West Eureka Street, died at 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Burnham city hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Renner funeral home with Reverend Roy Merrifield, former pastor of the Congregational church of Urbana, in charge. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial park.
Mr. Lyster was a son of the late Lycurgus and Belle Davis Lyster and was born in Vallonia, Ind., on Aug. 5, 1884. He came to Illinois 48 years ago and spent most of his life in Champaign-Urbana. He was a wood machinist by occupation. My Lyster was a member of the Congregation church, Urbana.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lucy Ann Lyster, he is survived by two sons, Paul T. and Merrill Lyster, Champaign, and six grandchildren.
Submitted by Don Barnett