PALMYRA: Lyon, David C., died on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the age of 78. Family and friends are invited to call from 2-4 and 6-8pm on Friday, December 2 at the Robert L. Yost Funeral Home, Inc., 123 West Main Street, Palmyra, NY. Dave’s funeral will be held at 1pm on Saturday, December 3 at Western Presbyterian Church of Palmyra, 101 East Main Street, Palmyra. Committal prayers with military honors will follow in East Palmyra Cemetery. Please consider memorials to the Good Neighbor fund, 101 E. Main St., Palmyra, NY 14522.

     Dave was born on October 20, 1938 in Newark, NY the son of C. Roy and Verona Kussie Lyon. He was a 1960 graduate of Cornell University and earned an MBA from Michigan State in 1963. Dave was a member of Western Presbyterian Church and the East Palmyra Fire Dept. He had served as Town Councilman in Palmyra for many years before becoming the Town of Palmyra Supervisor, a position he held until his retirement in 2010. Dave was currently serving as Chairman of Wayne County Water and Sewer Authority. Mr. Lyon was a member of the Marion American Legion Post 4141. The funeral home proudly flies the United States Army flag in honor of Dave’s service to our country.

     Dave was predeceased by his first wife Charlene. He is survived by his wife Sylvia; daughter Cheryl (Mike DeWispelaere) Lyon; son Christopher (Susan) Lyon; step-son William Loan; sister Marcia Lyon; grandchildren Erica DeWispelaere, Andrew and Dana Lyon; step-granddaughter Victoria Loan; special nephew Robert (Kathryn) Tucker and several other nieces and nephews.