Born in Sayville, New York
Ancestors 
Daughter of Walter J. Lyon
and Sylvia Geneva (Beardsley) Lyon
Sister of
[private sister (1910s - unknown)], [private sister (1920s - unknown)] and [private sister (1920s - unknown)]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 93
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2016
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Biography
Dorothy was born in 1921. She was the daughter of Walter Lyon and Sylvia Beardsley. She passed away in 2014.[1]
Obituary
- Dorothy (Dee) Balaker, 92, of Sun City West, Arizona, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2014, after a brief illness. She was born in Sayville, New York to Walter and S. Geneva Lyon.
- Dee lived in New York until she and her husband, Ed, relocated to Sun City West in 1978. She was proud to be a "pioneer", a name given to first-year residents of Sun City West. During her 35 years in Sun City West, she enjoyed making new friends and pursuing new hobbies and activities, including bridge, bowling, quilting, and travelling. Dee was active in her church, Desert Garden United Church of Christ, and the Handicapables, New York State, SCW Pioneers, and Ceramics clubs, among others.
- Dee was predeceased by her parents; her husbands, Harold DeHart (1965) and Edward Balaker (1999); and two sisters, Sylvia Mottl and May Schultz Junkin.
- She is survived by her daughters, June (Malcolm) Fordham of Annapolis, MD and Nancy (William) Lehtonen of Morris, NY; her sister, Edith Fedelem of Naples, FL; four grandchildren, Robert (Jennifer) Fordham. Pamela (Jay) Biggs, Michael Lehtonen, and Karen (Ryan) Hill; six great-grandchildren: Carter and Emily Biggs, Sylvia and Liam Fordham, and Mason and Camden Hill; and numerous nieces and nephews. [Daily News-Sun, 11 Jan 2014]
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Sources
- Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Dorothy is the daughter of Sylvia (Beardsley) Lyon, the daughter of Louis Beardsley, Holt Record #1001, Pg. 379.
- Find A Grave Memorial # 123579571; Sunland Memorial Park, Sun City AZ
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