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July 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 2, 2010 from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 231 2nd Street, Clifton, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
Frank J. Lyons, age 75 of Clifton, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010. He fought a difficult but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and his family was all gathered around him when he passed.
Frank had been a dispatcher and driver for G&G Distributors in Saddle Brook for over forty years. He was a very friendly and outgoing guy who would talk to just about anybody.
He was raised in Paterson and graduated from Central High with the class of 1953. He was a baseball star during his school years and was drafted to the Washington Senators baseball team right out of high school. Sadly, he was injured during his first spring training camp which ended his major league hopes. But his love of sports couldn’t be contained and he began coaching both basketball and baseball. He was also a hitting instructor for many years. “Coach Lyons” was involved for over forty years with many different leagues such as the CYO at St. Brendan’s, Eastern Little League, and the Rec. Leagues in Paterson. Without a doubt, he has touched the lives of hundreds of aspiring young athletes over the years. Coaching is what Frank was all about and his daughter Maryann’s most fond memories of her dad are the times they spent playing ball together. Franks son can't recall a time when his father wasn't his coach. From Bobs earliest memories at five years old, his dad would yell at him for pulling weeds in the outfield when he should have been paying attention to the ball game. Frank has certainly left his family and loved ones with a treasure of memories to cherish for their lifetimes. Of course, every athlete has their favorite professional teams too, and Frank’s were the Mets and the Devil’s.
In the late 1950’s, during a baseball game that Frank was coaching, a cute young lady keeping score for the apposing team caught his eye. Through the course of the game Frank introduced himself to Elizabeth McGill and the two of them hit it off. She happened to be the daughter of the opposing teams coach, but that didn’t deter Frank. Their marriage in 1960 turned out to be a home run and they recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on a cruise from Montreal to Boston.
Frank is survived by his devoted wife Elizabeth of Clifton, his beloved children; Maryann Goodwin and her husband Scott of Wayne and Robert Lyons and his wife Kristine of New City, NY, four grandchildren; Gabrielle, Carla, and Carissa Goodwin of Wayne and Lauryn Lyons of New City, brother-in-law John McGill of Clifton and sister-in-law Margaret Wilson of Hawthorne. He was predeceased by his dear sister-in-law Francis Scarber of Hawthorne in 2004.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations towards Pancreatic Cancer Research may be made in Frank’s memory to The Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 2, 2010 from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 231 2nd Street, Clifton, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
July 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 2-6 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Monday, August 2, 2010 from the funeral home, then to St. Paul’s RC Church, 231 2nd Street, Clifton, NJ where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Montclair.
Frank J. Lyons, age 75 of Clifton, died on Thursday, July 29, 2010. He fought a difficult but courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and his family was all gathered around him when he passed.
Frank had been a dispatcher and driver for G&G Distributors in Saddle Brook for over forty years. He was a very friendly and outgoing guy who would talk to just about anybody.
He was raised in Paterson and graduated from Central High with the class of 1953. He was a baseball star during his school years and was drafted to the Washington Senators baseball team right out of high school. Sadly, he was injured during his first spring training camp which ended his major league hopes. But his love of sports couldn’t be contained and he began coaching both basketball and baseball. He was also a hitting instructor for many years. “Coach Lyons” was involved for over forty years with many different leagues such as the CYO at St. Brendan’s, Eastern Little League, and the Rec. Leagues in Paterson. Without a doubt, he has touched the lives of hundreds of aspiring young athletes over the years. Coaching is what Frank was all about and his daughter Maryann’s most fond memories of her dad are the times they spent playing ball together. Franks son can't recall a time when his father wasn't his coach. From Bobs earliest memories at five years old, his dad would yell at him for pulling weeds in the outfield when he should have been paying attention to the ball game. Frank has certainly left his family and loved ones with a treasure of memories to cherish for their lifetimes. Of course, every athlete has their favorite professional teams too, and Frank’s were the Mets and the Devil’s.
In the late 1950’s, during a baseball game that Frank was coaching, a cute young lady keeping score for the apposing team caught his eye. Through the course of the game Frank introduced himself to Elizabeth McGill and the two of them hit it off. She happened to be the daughter of the opposing teams coach, but that didn’t deter Frank. Their marriage in 1960 turned out to be a home run and they recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary on a cruise from Montreal to Boston.
Frank is survived by his devoted wife Elizabeth of Clifton, his beloved children; Maryann Goodwin and her husband Scott of Wayne and Robert Lyons and his wife Kristine of New City, NY, four grandchildren; Gabrielle, Carla, and Carissa Goodwin of Wayne and Lauryn Lyons of New City, brother-in-law John McGill of Clifton and sister-in-law Margaret Wilson of Hawthorne. He was predeceased by his dear sister-in-law Francis Scarber of Hawthorne in 2004.
As expressions of sympathy, if friends so wish, donations towards Pancreatic Cancer Research may be made in Frank’s memory to The Lustgarten Foundation, 1111 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714.
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