Lila Pearl Lyons

PERRY & ZEPHYRHILLS, FL - Lila Pearl Lyons, 95, transitioned to her new home with the Lord and Savior on February 9, 2013 in Zephyrhills, Florida where she lived for almost 30 years. Lila was born March 30, 1917 and raised in Perry, Maine with her parents and 8 siblings. As a young woman she was employed to manage the domestic duties for another family until she met and married her husband, Harland Lyons of 62 years. Later Lila started a successful home doughnut business in an old converted school house, where she would deep fry doughnuts in an old black cast iron pot and sell them at the local retail Perry Farmers Union store where her husband worked. She never imagined that the donut shop would expand into a successful small family business delivering “Lila’s Donuts” to several local town retailers for 11 years. After selling the business, Lila moved to New Hampshire for a few years with her husband to continue raising her family of 4 children; later moved to Zephyrhills where she enjoyed family, friends and attending events at Betmar Retirement Park and later at West Winds and Pond’s Edge Assisted Living facilities. Lila was an active member of Perry Grange and Perry Baptist Church for many years. Cooking was her passion and she also enjoyed gardening and sewing, but spending time with family was most important to her. In addition to her parents, Lila was predeceased by her husband, Harland Lyons and her oldest daughter, Shelia Spaulding. She is survived by 3 children, Vaughn Lyons and wife Yumi of Zephyrhills, FL., Joyce Rider and her husband Gary of Washougal, WA, and Judy Soucy and husband Fred of Rochester, NH. She is also survived by her sister, Eleanor Dolan of Zephyrhills, 7 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church Chapel at 38635 5th Avenue, Zephyrhills, FL on February 22, 2013, at 10:00AM. The committal service will be held at Dennysville Cemetery in the spring.