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Obituary of Lyonel Ayres 

Duluth Herald, Saturday, November 25, 1939.
 (Also on front page Duluth News-Tribune)
    (but reduced-length article there)
	
Had Long Civic, Masonic Record
           L. AYRES, 81, DIES
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Funeral Is Set for 2 P.M. Monday
          in Temple
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  Long prominent in Masonic ac-
tivities, at the Head of the Lakes
and throughout the state, Lyonel
Ayres, 81 years old, died in a Du-
luth hospital yesterday following 
an illness of six weeks.
  Mr. Ayres came to the Head of
the Lakes in 1885 and took part in
numerous engineering and survey-
ing projects in development of the

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region.  He resided at 15 East Kent
road.
  Funeral services will be held at 
2 p. m. Monday in the Lake Ave-
nue Masonic temple.  Palestine
lodge, AF @ AM, will conduct serv-
ices.  The temple will be open at
1:45 p. m.
  Born Sept. 4, 1858, in Memphis,
Tenn., Mr. Ayres received his early
education in Centre county, Penn-
sylvania, from a private tutor.  His
family moved to Philadelphia in
1872 and there he attended public
schools, graduating in 1876 from
the Philadelphia Central high school.
  After four years in the insur-
ance business he joined his father
in the mercantile business.  In 1883
he accepted a position with the 
Great Northern railroad at Glen-
dive, Mont., and while employed
with the firm saw the development
of the frontier.
  Mr. Ayres came to West Superior
in 1885 to take charge of construc-
tion of rail yards and passenger
station.  The same fall he super-
vised construction work on the
waterfront in Duluth.
  He accepted the position of as-
sistant city engineer for Duluth
under City Engineer James Fowler
in 1886 and served under six chief
engineers, during which time he 
had charge of construction of the
city's sewer system.
  He supervised construction of a
drydock for the American Ship 
Building Co. in Superior in 1900
and 1901, and in the latter year
joined the Duluth Engineering Co.
  During the next 14 years he di-
rected construction of municipal
improvements in cities and villages
throughout the northern part of
the state, as well as supervising
general land surveys and platting
townsites for the territory.  Also
during the period he was county
surveyor for three consecutive
terms.
  In 1915 he was appointed city
engineer by the late Commissioner 
of Public Works James A. Farrell, 
serving for four years.  About that
time he acquired an interest in the 
Duluth Engineering Co. and was 
affiliated with that firm ever since
then.
  During his Masonic career, Mr.
Ayres held numerous high offices 
in the order.  He was a life mem-
ber of the American Society of 
Civil Engineers, the Minnesota
Surveyors and Engineers society,
the Duluth Engineers club, the Du-
luth Chamber of Commerce, the
National Geographic society and
the American Forestry association.
  Surviving are two sisters, Mary
and Jane Ayres, and a brother, 
Bucher Ayres, all of Swarthmore,
Pa.
  Active pallbearers at Monday's
rites will be Harry G. Gearheart,
Stanley R. Holden, James S. Matte-
son, Hugh L. Joyce, Henry E. 
Grieser and Philip M. Hanft.
  Honorary pallbearers will be C.
G. Townsend, A. Laird Goodman,
William P. Majo, Philip R. Moore,
Calvin F. How, W. R. Cameron,
John A. MacFadyen, John E. Law-
rence, George R. Reed, Raymond 
L. Larson, Ray G. Palmer, Walter
F. Kelso, J. Alvin Johnson, Axel 
E. Johnson, Seth W. Paine, George
G. Davies, Ellis J. Butchart, Will-
iam J. Archer, A. N. Rule, Ralph
J. Davis, Henry W. Cheadle, Will-
iam P. Abbett, James B. Enochs,
Edward D. Baker, Thomas P. Brad-
ley and Charles E. Flora.
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S         FUNERAL NOTICE
 Y      Members of Palestine
  M	    Lodge, No. 79, A. F. & 
   B	A. M., and all Master
    O	Masons are requested to
     L	be present at the funeral
of our late brother, Lyonel
Ayres, at the Masonic Temple,
Lake Avenue and Second Street,
on Monday, November 27, 1939,
at 2:00 o'clock, P. M.  Lodge will
open at 1:45 P. M.
W. R. CAMERON, Secretary.
WILLIAM V. MOORE, Master.