Glennys Marie Lyon

1933 - 2023

Glennys Marie Lyon

March 24, 1933 - October 12, 2023

Richland, Washington - Glennys Marie Lyon

March 24, 1933 - October 12, 2023

Although small in stature, she was big in personality. She wore a tiara for her 90th birthday, blue or bright red fingernail polish, and to celebrate a friend's birthday, within the last month, she wore her gold heels and danced at the party. On a "do-do-do" (said in singsong) kind of day, she was happy and energetic, probably spending the day shopping, visiting, or gambling with friends or family. When visiting the local casino, she always told her husband to be ready in case she won big and needed him to bring the cattle trailer to haul off her winnings.

She was an excellent cook. Her husband told their son Gary, "Your mom could make an old shoe taste good." Her specialties, and most requested by family, were homemade noodles, and cherry pie. Normally an evening meal was not complete until there was ice cream � bars, cones, drumsticks, sandwiches, root beer floats, brownie or pie a la mode. Hot Red Rose tea, Pepsi and Paydays were her favorite treats, and she kept the house stocked with the good items and shared with visitors. She had most, if not the complete collection, of Red Rose animals to show her support over the years.

She loved shopping (with an eye for fashion) and her accessories � jewelry, belts, purses, coats, and shoes. She liked lots of colors, but her power color was red. She said she felt stronger when she wore it, with matching red lipstick. She kept immaculate care of her possessions.

Her common name for others was sweetie, said with a midwestern accent. "Dar-lin" ending with a high note was reserved for her husband of 66 years when calling him in from the field.

Born into a farming family in Kansas to Bill Sr., and Thyria J. Pool, Glennys was the middle girl with one older brother, Bill Jr., older sister, Merna, and younger sister, Thyria. She lovingly referred to her sisters as "Sis" and kept a picture on display of her and Thyria throughout her entire life. She was the remaining sibling and missed her family very much.

She was accomplished at crocheting, and only gave it up when her eyesight began to fade.

She was extremely detailed, and organized, keeping notes on items of where she bought something, or who gave her what and for which occasion. She painstakingly noted all pictures with the date, or some description of who and what was going on in the picture. She had several curio cabinets with beloved treasures she accumulated over the years, with an appreciation for each piece, and who gave it to her or the story of how she bought it.

She was an avid reader. A fan of mysteries, both novels and television/movies, she could scare herself to the point of hiding all the knives in her house. She was a sports fanatic and scheduled her life around Gonzaga Basketball games, with life coming to a halt for March Madness. Although she never met Gonzaga's Head Coach, Mark Few, she considered him a friend. When she wasn't watching sports or mysteries, she enjoyed gardening. She had a green thumb and still managed to keep her nails looking perfectly manicured. She took great pleasure in watching and taking care of the quail that fed in her yard, and the cottontail bunnies that played tag at dusk. She rescued several baby bunnies from the cat and found bunny nests with babies as big as a silver dollar. She carefully weeded to not disturb them and showed this treasure to anyone visiting.

Glennys was a whiz with numbers. She put this to good use doing figures in her head, home accounting, and had a long, successful run with investing.

She was sharp as a tack and although, her long dementia journey was difficult for her and the loved ones around her, she seemed to forget many of the heartaches.

After 20+ years, Glennys retired from Battelle and on the way home from her retirement party, she stopped at NRG and soon began working there, making friends in the process. She worked multiple maintenance outages at Energy Northwest using her impeccable work ethic.

Friends were important to her. She took yearly vacations with family for most of her life and a few trips with friends, including driving back to Kansas with her friend Marilyn in Glennys' new car. Neither were used to driving long distances, but they had a wonderful adventure, making it there and back safely. Friends were a special part of her life and she greatly valued each, some stretching back to childhood. It was known to her friends, "Glennys never lost a friend, only gained them throughout her life."

Special friends: Marilyn Hill, Pat Tilstra, Julie Meteer, Annie Reid, Norma Nunamaker, Sherry Powell, Joann Strickland, Arne Armstrong, and Alana Feuerborn.

She is survived by sons Gale (Gloria) Lyon, Gary (Ruthy) Lyon. Granddaughters Stephanie (Lucas) Rau, Lacey Timmons, Melissa (Joe) Linehan. Great-grands Elijah, Lucy, Layla, Hattie, Shiloh, Judah, Liam, Eden, Natalie, Josie, Uriah. Also, many nieces and nephews.

Glennys is preceded in death by her father, mother, brother, sisters, Garrold Lyon and siblings, and beloved granddaughter Jessica.

A special thank you to Alana Feuerborn for her exceptional care and help with Glennys.

A graveside service will be held on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at 11 am at Mueller's Funeral Homes located at 1401 S. Union St., with a reception to follow at 12:30 pm, located at the Gesa Carousel of Dreams, at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex at 2901 Southridge Blvd., Kennewick, WA 99338.