He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He served in the United States Army Air Force in World War II as a pilot. After his service he joined Carter Oil Company, later Exxon Corporation where spent his entire professional career working on various assignments in Seminole, Purcell and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Carmi, Illinois and Midland, Texas.
He married Margaret (Peggy) Cecile Clark on August 21, 1947 in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania and they were married for 62 years.
He was competitive swimmer, once finishing in the top 10 in a 13-mile race down the Mississippi River. He also enjoyed golf, scuba diving, horseback trips to the mountains of Colorado, world travel and the craps tables in Las Vegas. He volunteered in many capacities including Boy Scouts, Meals on Wheels and adult literacy.
He was proceeded in death by his parents, sisters, Bobbie and Virginia, wife Peggy and daughter Patricia Ann Lytle Musick. He is survived by two sons, John Kirker Lytle, III (Kirk) and William Grant Lytle (Bill) and his wife, Ginny Allen Lytle. His grandchildren, Amanda Allen Whaley and husband Ohnre, Emily Lytle Montgomery and husband, Andrew, Caroline (Carly) Lytle Thompson and husband, Eric, Meghan Musick and husband, Jonathan Wilson, Francesca Musick Marks and husband, Kenny and Cadence Celeste Musick. Great-grandchildren, Shipley and Elise Whaley, Harris and Olivia Montgomery, Brooks Thompson and Ari Wilson. Also son-in-law, Thomas Musick.
He was a great father, had a terrific sense of humor, was outgoing and friendly to all people he met and was devoted to Sweetie, his calico cat and faithful companion. He lived a long full life and died peacefully in his own bed. We will miss him and treasure our memories of him.
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