Oconto County Reporter

Eugene T. Lyons, 76, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who served as a medical historian and then was a government management consultant, died of cancer February 7 at his home in Columbia, Mo. He considered Lakewood, Wi. his part-time home. Col. Lyons was born in Chicago. He received bachelor's degrees in English and military history from the University of Maryland. He served during World War II and was posted to Alaska during the Korean War. In the early 1960s, he administered a field hospital in Germany. He retired as a medical historian at the Forest Glen Annex of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. His main assignment there was to write about the wartime work of the Army Medical Corps. Col. Lyons, also edited the post newspaper and wrote a chronicle for the Army surgeon general on the Vietnam War.

After he retired in 1967, he was a management analyst for the District government, the federal Office of Management and Budget and the Agriculture Department. Col. Lyons, who had a second home in Lakewood, Wis, was president of the Retired Officers Association of Washington. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in College park, St. Louis Catholic Church in Clarksville, Clarksville Lions Club and the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Mary Lou Lyons of Columbia and Lakewood; three children, Kathleen Galante of Columbia, Daniel C. Lyons of Frederick, Md., and Charlotte Blazel of San Rafael, Ca.; two brothers, two sisters, and five grandchildren.  

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