Deborah Jane Downs Lyon, 63 passed away Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.

She was born June 13, 1953, in Ft. Knox, Ky., daughter of William E. Downs and Dolores E. Jasmine.

She grew up in Norwalk, Conn., but left in the 1970s to become a truck driver. She met her second husband and father of her two children, Terry Lyon. They lived in California for 10 years before moving to Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include two children, Tiffany Lee Gallaway. of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Sean Lyon, of Ft. Bliss, Texas; six grandchildren; a brother, Roy Downs; and a sister, Marcia Geurin.

Graveside services were Saturday, Sept. 10, in Beulah Cemetery with Mary Beth Donius as eulogist. Arrangements were under direction of Fox Funeral Home.

Online condolences may be made at www.foxfh.net.

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