Glen Douglas Gyon

Mr. Gyon was an avid train collector and loved Lionel and American Flyer. He was a CB and Hamm radio enthusiast, his CB handle was, “Massasauga”, and his radio license number was, ILL3090UNIT 33 LAND OF LINCOLN. He loved reptiles of all kinds and was a member of the St. Louis Herpetological Society. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who they fondly, referred to as a “Stinker”.

He was preceded in death by his father, Elmer Gyon.

Surviving to cherish is memory are his mother, Olive Gyon, Watson; his loving wife, of 41 years, Pam Gyon, nee Evans, of Belleville; his children, Scott (Stacy) Gyon, Sandra Gyon-Bauers, Brad Gyon, Layla Evans, and Darren Bisconti, all of Belleville, Ill.; his grandchildren, Sonya, Sawyer, Scott Lee, Brock, Dillinger, and Justus; two sisters, Gerry (Bruce) Arendall, of Oceanview, Delaware, and Gay (Rod) Otten, of Millstadt, Illinois; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives , and friends.

Memorials are appreciated to Hospice of Southern Illinois or the Bob Costas Cancer Center at SSM Cardinal Glennon Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Condolences may also be expressed online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, August 2, 2012, at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Funeral: Services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, August 3, 2012, at the funeral home, with Rev. Ed Weston officiating. Interment will be held in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.