I cannot and will not think or speak of my friend JerryLyons in the past tense .He is a cheerful smiling man possessed of a non judge mental view of humanity and he knows that those who don’t enjoy life carry their own burden . He would lighten their burden if allowed .we have been friends for about sixty five years and there is not enough space to enumerate the times I was broke and

Poverty stricken and Jerry galloped to the rescue .and still remained my friend. . The rugby days were a joy when Jerry became our captain. He enjoyed the witty Brit’s the singing Irish the solemn Americans the puzzled Latinos. All of us viewed with Jerry’s paternal eye. His marriage to Ginny  was joyful and the subsequent arrival of children and grand kids delighted him no end . There is

No replacement  in this life for Jerry Lyons  he is and will be profoundly  missed