Mary Jane Bryant, 87,
of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on December
13, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at her residence.
She was born June 25,
1924 in Butler, Pennsylvania, to the late James
Howe Lyon, Sr and Celia Edna Texter Lyon.
Mrs. Bryant was a
homemaker and in her earlier years she work for
Bell Telephone in Butler, PA. She graduated from
Butler High School in 1942. Mrs. Bryant was a
member of Meridian United Presbyterian
Church,the Presbyterian Women, quilters and
sewing group of Meridian and Grace Lutheran
Church, the garden club, the Butler High School
girls class of 1942 and the widows of Summit
Church. She loved music, sewing, all people,
children and her Lord.
Mrs. Bryant is survived
by one son, Richard J. Bryant and his wife
Andrea of New Castle, PA; four daughters,Sally
Jane Carrier and husband Fred of Salem, OH,
Susan A. Galbreath of Newark, DE, Patricia A.
Lazare and her husband, Michael of Boise, ID.
and Margaret C. Gaines and her husband Robert of
Skiatook, OK; thirteen grandchildren and fifteen
great grandchildren, two brothers, James H.
Lyon, Jr. and his wife Emogene of Butler, PA,
and Samuel Lyon and his wife, Shirley of Butler,
PA; two sisters, Alene Campbell of Chicora, PA.
and Patricia Burkett of Mesa, AZ; and also by
many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Bryant was
preceded in death by her husband, John William
Bryant, Jr. whom she married on March 20, 1943
and passed away on May 15, 1988.
Friends will be
received
Friday, December 16, 2011 from 2:00 to 4:00 and
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at Thompson -
Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North Street
Butler, PA.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday,
December 17, 2011 at 10:00 am at the Meridian
United Presbyterian Church, 4150 Highland Avenue
Butler, PA, with Reverend Stephen M. Franklin,
officiating.
Burial will take place in
the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the American
Heart Association of Western PA, 777 Penn Center
Blvd., Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 or to
Meridian United Presbyterian Church, 4150
Highland Avenue, Butler, PA 16001.
