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JAMES LYONS

1938 - 2019

JAMES LYONS obituary, 1938-2019, Waltham, MA

BORN

1938

DIED

2019

FUNERAL HOME

Joyce Funeral Home - Waltham

245 Main Street

Waltham, Massachusetts

JAMES LYONS Obituary

LYONS, James Of Waltham, formerly of Brighton and a native of Cloonoo, Loughrea, Co. Galway, Ireland. January 7, 2019. Husband of the late Marie B. (Kelly) Lyons. Father of Joseph A. Lyons (Teresa) of Bellingham, Kevin J. Lyons of Waltham and Robert F. Lyons (Julie) of West Roxbury. Grandfather of Erin, Patrick, Sean, Kelly and Timothy Lyons. Brother of Sean Lyons (Vera) of Canton and the late Patrick and Michael Lyons; brother-in-law of Kathleen Lyons of Loughrea, Galway, Ireland; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Family and friends will honor and remember Jim's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), WALTHAM on Thursday, January 10th from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Friday morning before leaving in procession to Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham where his Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham. The Lyons Family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to the wonderful staff and volunteers at Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Waltham. For complete obituary, guestbook and directions please visit JoyceFuneralHome.com

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Published by Boston Globe from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9, 2019.

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Pauline & Jackie Burke

January 16, 2019

Great Memories of our Trips to Boston to visit my late Sister & Brother in law Peggie & Bernie Connaughton our Sympathy to all

Mike Lyons

January 10, 2019

Joe .Kevin,Rob ..sorry that we can't be with you at this sad time .but you are in my thoughts and prayers ..r.i.p uncle seamus.

Philip and Marie Maguire

January 10, 2019

Sorry for your loss.

January 9, 2019

Our sincere condolences to the Family, our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. Jim was one of the good one's as they say, fun to be around, a hard- working and dedicated friend and Family Man. I had the pleasure of working with him for many years at Beatrice Foods & Yankee Foods with only fond memories remaining.

Jim & Joanne Byrne

Stephen Keary

January 9, 2019

Deepest sympathy to the Lyons Family on the sad passing of James from Stephen Keary and Family in County Limerick Ireland

Thomas Leonard

January 8, 2019

This is a sad remembrance of Jim .We met in 1970 while working in the food business . This continued with Beatrice Foods and Yankee Food Distributors . Always a hard worker and very good as my sales manager at Yankee . Fond memories of Jimmy and always a place and part of my working experiences for many years .
To your family I can tell you he was a quality guy .

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Calling hours

4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Joyce Funeral Home

245 Main Street, Waltham, MA

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11

Funeral Mass

11:00 a.m.

Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church

880 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA

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245 Main Street, Waltham, MA 02453

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