Mary Louise Lyon, 82, of Ozark, Missouri, was born March 28, 1940, in Nebraska City, NE., to Ivol and Alma Stever. Marylou passed away February 28, 2023 in Springfield, Missouri.
She was born the fourth child of seven, to five brothers and a younger "tom-boy" sister.While growing up, Marylou cherished her family and specifically her time spent with her mother learning how to cook, sew, play piano, and keep a house. She had a desire from a very young age to be a mother and learned the importance of acts of service to those she loved. Many of her children remember fond times helping her in the kitchen making her famous chocolate chip cookies, licking the cake batter from the bowl, or times around the table feeding an army on a shoestring budget.
Marylou Stever married Troy Lyon on December 28th, 1955 in Nebraska City. To this union, seven children were born: five boys and two girls; the third generation with this family structure. Marylou prided herself in helping her husband through college, even claiming with satisfaction that without her reading and explaining his English literature to him he probably would not have graduated; a fact Troy did not dispute. While Troy began to build a career, Marylou began to establish a home which she defined as structured and warm. She was able to run the old wringer washing machine and hang clothes on a line in the furnace room, but would take a moment to sit down to rub the back of a child who was in need of being comforted.
Marylou loved to laugh and had her own distinct "cackle," which was as special as the twinkle in her eye when she was able to deliver a witty or clever response to her family or friends.
Marylou is survived by a sister, two brothers, and seven children, along with a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many friends along the way. She was preceded in death by: her husband Troy Leon Lyon, two little angels who preceded their mother to heaven, her parents Ivol and Alma Stever, her brothers Jerry Stever, Tom Stever, and Larry Stever.
Marylou was interred March 17, 2023.
She was born the fourth child of seven, to five brothers and a younger "tom-boy" sister.While growing up, Marylou cherished her family and specifically her time spent with her mother learning how to cook, sew, play piano, and keep a house. She had a desire from a very young age to be a mother and learned the importance of acts of service to those she loved. Many of her children remember fond times helping her in the kitchen making her famous chocolate chip cookies, licking the cake batter from the bowl, or times around the table feeding an army on a shoestring budget.
Marylou Stever married Troy Lyon on December 28th, 1955 in Nebraska City. To this union, seven children were born: five boys and two girls; the third generation with this family structure. Marylou prided herself in helping her husband through college, even claiming with satisfaction that without her reading and explaining his English literature to him he probably would not have graduated; a fact Troy did not dispute. While Troy began to build a career, Marylou began to establish a home which she defined as structured and warm. She was able to run the old wringer washing machine and hang clothes on a line in the furnace room, but would take a moment to sit down to rub the back of a child who was in need of being comforted.
Marylou loved to laugh and had her own distinct "cackle," which was as special as the twinkle in her eye when she was able to deliver a witty or clever response to her family or friends.
Marylou is survived by a sister, two brothers, and seven children, along with a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many friends along the way. She was preceded in death by: her husband Troy Leon Lyon, two little angels who preceded their mother to heaven, her parents Ivol and Alma Stever, her brothers Jerry Stever, Tom Stever, and Larry Stever.
Marylou was interred March 17, 2023.
Mary Louise Lyon, 82, of Ozark, Missouri, was born March 28, 1940, in Nebraska City, NE., to Ivol and Alma Stever. Marylou passed away February 28, 2023 in Springfield, Missouri.
She was born the fourth child of seven, to five brothers and a younger "tom-boy" sister.While growing up, Marylou cherished her family and specifically her time spent with her mother learning how to cook, sew, play piano, and keep a house. She had a desire from a very young age to be a mother and learned the importance of acts of service to those she loved. Many of her children remember fond times helping her in the kitchen making her famous chocolate chip cookies, licking the cake batter from the bowl, or times around the table feeding an army on a shoestring budget.
Marylou Stever married Troy Lyon on December 28th, 1955 in Nebraska City. To this union, seven children were born: five boys and two girls; the third generation with this family structure. Marylou prided herself in helping her husband through college, even claiming with satisfaction that without her reading and explaining his English literature to him he probably would not have graduated; a fact Troy did not dispute. While Troy began to build a career, Marylou began to establish a home which she defined as structured and warm. She was able to run the old wringer washing machine and hang clothes on a line in the furnace room, but would take a moment to sit down to rub the back of a child who was in need of being comforted.
Marylou loved to laugh and had her own distinct "cackle," which was as special as the twinkle in her eye when she was able to deliver a witty or clever response to her family or friends.
Marylou is survived by a sister, two brothers, and seven children, along with a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many friends along the way. She was preceded in death by: her husband Troy Leon Lyon, two little angels who preceded their mother to heaven, her parents Ivol and Alma Stever, her brothers Jerry Stever, Tom Stever, and Larry Stever.
Marylou was interred March 17, 2023.
She was born the fourth child of seven, to five brothers and a younger "tom-boy" sister.While growing up, Marylou cherished her family and specifically her time spent with her mother learning how to cook, sew, play piano, and keep a house. She had a desire from a very young age to be a mother and learned the importance of acts of service to those she loved. Many of her children remember fond times helping her in the kitchen making her famous chocolate chip cookies, licking the cake batter from the bowl, or times around the table feeding an army on a shoestring budget.
Marylou Stever married Troy Lyon on December 28th, 1955 in Nebraska City. To this union, seven children were born: five boys and two girls; the third generation with this family structure. Marylou prided herself in helping her husband through college, even claiming with satisfaction that without her reading and explaining his English literature to him he probably would not have graduated; a fact Troy did not dispute. While Troy began to build a career, Marylou began to establish a home which she defined as structured and warm. She was able to run the old wringer washing machine and hang clothes on a line in the furnace room, but would take a moment to sit down to rub the back of a child who was in need of being comforted.
Marylou loved to laugh and had her own distinct "cackle," which was as special as the twinkle in her eye when she was able to deliver a witty or clever response to her family or friends.
Marylou is survived by a sister, two brothers, and seven children, along with a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as well as many friends along the way. She was preceded in death by: her husband Troy Leon Lyon, two little angels who preceded their mother to heaven, her parents Ivol and Alma Stever, her brothers Jerry Stever, Tom Stever, and Larry Stever.
Marylou was interred March 17, 2023.
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