Douglas Crawford Lyons of East Burke, Vermont, formerly of Auburndale, Groton and Concord, died Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 82.
Born in Cambridge, Lyons was raised and educated in Auburndale. He made his home in Concord after marrying and later in Groton. He designed and built his vacation home in East Burke in 1971 before making the move permanently in 1988.
He was a 1951 graduate of Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1955.
He served in the Army for two years and was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was awarded sharpshooter honors and worked as a radio operator.
Lyons worked as a bond trader for Weeden & Co., and was later vice president of municipal bond sales at Smith Barney. He retired in 1987.
Lyons could often be seen at the Northeast Kingdom Store and East Burke Market for afternoon coffee. He would also regularly attend Saturday afternoon Masses at St. Elizabeth’s Church.
Lyons is survived by his wife, Diane; a son, Crawford of Concord, New Hampshire; three daughters, Jennifer R. of Sun Valley, Idaho, Joan of East Burke and Noel of Brookline; two sisters, Deborah Beach of Bangor, Maine, and Jean Chandler of Lebanon, New Hampshire; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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