Kenneth Lyon

     Kenneth Lyon, age 92 of Mallard, passed away on Friday, December 5, 2025 at the Lakeside Lutheran Home in Emmetsburg. Funeral Service will be 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 11, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Mallard. Service will be livestreamed on Martin Mattice Funeral Home's website: https://www.hdezwebcast.com/show/kenneth-lyon .Visitation will be from 10:00 AM until the time of service at the church on Thursday. Services have been entrusted to Martin Mattice Funeral Home of Emmetsburg.

     Kenneth Ernest Lyon was born March 25, 1933, on a farm southwest of Mallard to Ernest and Gertie (Johnson) Lyon. He attended country school, Laurens public school, and graduated from Mallard High School in 1951. Before being inducted into the United States Army, he worked at the Mallard Produce, Midwest Limestone, and with Kenneth Stafford on the farm.

     Kenneth had his basic training, then was stationed at For Binning, Georgia, for more schooling and ended up in the Boston area for a year and a half. Kenneth married Dorothy Stafford on February 28, 1954, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Mallard. He was honorably discharged from the Army on December 9, 1955.

     He and Dorothy lived in Mallard until his dad died in 1960 and they moved to the Lyon farm five and a half miles west of Mallard. Kenneth and Dorothy had four children, Kathryn (May 24, 1957), Timothy (January 3, 1959), Terry (April 10, 1960), and Theodore (October 11, 1962). Kenneth farmed the land while working for Stan Darling and soon was employed by M & JR Haskes at Laurens. He worked there for 32 years before retiring. During this time, he and the family enjoyed camping trips and going to a ranch in Colorado. He and Dorothy also took a trip on the motorcycle to Nashville, Tennessee after the kids were grown up. During his retirement, Kenneth enjoyed having a big garden and a flower garden. In 2007, he sold the acreage on the farm and bought a house in Mallard.

     Left to cherish Kenneth’s memory are his wife of 71 years, Dorothy; son, Terry Lyon and his daughters, Katie (Jessie) and April; son, Ted Lyon and his family, Jordan (Aubry), Jackson, Timothy, Clara, Kelsey (Robbie), and Caleb Lyon; Kathy’s husband, Ron (Becky) Behrens and daughter, Claire; brother, Virgil (Pam); sister-in-law, Marlene Rounds; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and step father; daughter, Kathy Behrens; son, Timothy Lyon; brothers and sisters-in-law, Kenneth (Alice) Stafford, Wesley Stafford, Arlene (Carl) Henrichs, Margaret (Bill) Henrichs, Ruth (Dale) Bemrich, and Raymond Lyon; and nephew, Bradley Lyon.