Paul Dyar

Paul Dyar
Paul Edwin Dyar, 81, of Fairview Heights, Ill., born Aug. 22, 1922, in Eureka, Ill., died Friday, June 25, 2004, at Swansea Care Center, Swansea, Ill.
Mr. Dyar graduated from Eureka High School, Eureka College and Northwestern University. He was an elementary school music teacher in Waterloo, Ill., Washburn, Ill., Birch Tree, Mo., Winona, Mo., Bakersfield, Mo., and St. Louis, Mo. He was a church choir director and member of Hillcrest Christian Church. He was a member of Belleville Holzschmitzer's Club and a past president. He was also a member of St. Louis Woodcarver's Club; Lamba Chi Alpha Fraternity; and a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilmer Merit and Grace, nee Fish, Dyar; three brothers, Howard Lee, Wilmer Eugene and John Richard Dyar; a sister, Mary Grace Mansfield; and a brother-in-law, Glen E. Mansfield.
He is survived by his wife, Alta Marie, nee Harrison, Dyar; a son, David Paul (Katherine) Dyar of Fairview Heights, Ill.; his daughters, Janice (Harlan) Harrell of North Vernon, Ind., Marsha (Thomas) Pearson of St. Louis, Mo., Laura (Rick) Fagan of Mascoutah, Ill., Barbara (Elvis) Mattes of Greenville, Ill., and Kathleen (Michael) Geries of Belleville, Ill.; his grandchildren, Amy Pearson, Erin Fagan, Rick K. Fagan, John Paul Dyar and Jacob Mattes; a sister, Annette Dyar Sherman; a sister-in-law, Marion Pioletti Dyar Newman; and his cousins, nieces and nephews.

Visitation: Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Ill.

Funeral: Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Ill. Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Ill.

LAKE VIEW FUNERAL HOME, Fairview Heights, Ill.