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Mark S. Lyle Obituary - Hill Funeral Home

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Friends may call 4 to 7 PM Friday, March 25, 2016 at HILL FUNERAL HOME where services will be held at 10 AM Saturday, March 26, 2016. Interment Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens

God Bless/RIP. A heartfelt Thank YOU,PO 3rd.Class,Lyle for your service on The USS Hammer DD-718 as a Gunners Mate,and your 3 tours in Nam"Fair winds and following seas". And.... Semper Fi.

Sailor rest your oar

Herb Guyer-Sharfenaker USMC

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Obituary for Mark S. Lyle

Mark S. Lyle 1949-2016

Mark S. Lyle

10/05/1949 - 03/20/2016

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Mark Stephen Lyle, age 66, of Gahanna, passed away Sunday March 20th after a long courageous battle with cancer. Mark passed peacefully while surrounded by family and friends at Riverside Hospital. He was born October 5th, 1949 in Columbus Ohio to Betty (Pickard) and Walter Lyle and was proceeded in death by Mother Betty Pickard, Step-Father Joseph (Jim) Pickard, Father Walter Lyle, Step-mother Ann Lyle and Uncle Billy A. Birchem. He survived by wife Toni Avena, sons Mark Lyle and family of Chapin SC, Sean Lyle and family of Columbus (Pataskala) OH, Michael Lyle and family of Canal Winchester OH, daughters Chelsea and Baylea Lyle of Orient OH, sisters Melanie Creed of New Albany OH, Jennie Rogers of Columbus OH, Laura Lyle of Columbus OH, Teresa Lyle of Delaware OH, brother Jim Pickard and family of West Jefferson OH, grandchildren Alyson and Lauryn Lyle, Jackson, Ava and Jayce Lyle, Aria and Addison Lyle , grandson Vinny Spezialetti, Aunt Violla of Delaware OH, Aunt Ruth of Westerville OH, many nieces, nephews and cousins, longtime friend Wes Paulson of Chesapeake OH, along with a list of many other friends. He graduated from Brookhaven High School in Columbus OH in 1967. Mark served honorably in the US Navy from 1972 to 1975 serving 4 years active duty with 3 tours in Vietnam on the USS Hamner as a 3rd Class Gunners Mate. Mark had a long tenure at Columbia Gas as a Large Volume Technician before retiring and working for Graham Ford on Broad St. He was a member of Jersey Baptist Church in Pataskala OH. Mark was an avid outdoorsman who loved golf, hunting, and fishing where he spent many hours with family and friends. His greatest pleasures in life were his family and grandchildren who he constantly teased and instigated to their delight. He was a jovial and joking individual who constantly found ways to make other laugh and smile. His joking nature and easy going personality will be missed by everyone who knew him and all lives he touched. Family will receive visitors from 4-7 PM Friday, March 25th at the Hill Funeral Home in Westerville OH. Funeral services will be Saturday at 10AM with burial following at Forrest Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, OH. Messages and condolences can be left at the Hill Funeral Home website, HillFuneralHome@sbcglobal.net. Anyone wishing to make a contribution can make their contribution to the Gahanna Golf Course which was Marks favorite course and the last one he played. Donations should be made payable to City of Gahanna with a memo for Gahanna Municipal Golf Trust c/o Mark S. Lyle.