FIFTH GENERATION

114. Allen Ward LYONS was born on 17 Nov 1947 in Richmond, Contra Costa Co., California. The family was living in El Cerito, California at the time of Allen's birth, but Richmond had the nearest hospital. His parents left California when Allen was nine months old and returned to Aberdeen, Washington, where they had both grown grown up, and where their families still lived. He was baptized on 10 Oct 1954 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington.⁽⁴⁴⁾ It was performed by the Rev. Michael O'Donnell at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Aberdeen, Washington.

He was educated 1954 to 1962 in St. Mary's Catholic School, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. He was educated 1963 to 1966 in Weatherwax High, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. Allen's ninth grade year was spent at Miller Junior High. In high school he was active in school organizations, and the choir and drama programs. During his senior year he was class vice president, selected actor of the year, and awarded the Albert and Helen Schaffer scholarship and the Richard Balkema Award. He was educated 1966 to 1968 in Grays Harbor Community College, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. At Grays Harbor he continued his involvement in drama, participating in several plays and being chosen Actor of the Year for 1968. Allen also was in choir and the select vocal jazz ensemble, The Noteables. For 1967-68 he was student body vice president. It was there that he began his study of the Russian language. He was educated 1968 to 1970 in University of Washington, Seattle, King Co., Washington. There he continued his study of Russian, majored in political science and Far Eastern Studies, graduating with a double major and degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Far Eastern Studies (now called the Jackson School). He was involved in only one drama production while there, A Man For All Seasons, in which he played the villinous Cromwell. He was educated 1970 to 1973 in Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. He graduated with a Juris Doctor degree.

He was an Assistant Attorney General 1973 to 1977 in Department of Justice of the State of Oregon. Allen was hired into the Trial Division where he primarily represented the State Accident Insurance Fund, defending in workers' compensation cases. He also represented other state agencies in a variety of litigation. In 1977, the then-Attorney General, James Redden, released the attorneys which had represented SAIF, and they became employees of SAIF. Allen continued as a trial attorney there, eventually being promoted to Legal Division Director in 1980. He was responsible for supervising more than 30 attorneys in legal offices in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Medford and Bend, Oregon. He was a Vice President and General Counsel 1983 to 1984 in State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation. ⁽²¹⁾ Following an extended legal battle with the State of Oregon over the appropriation by the State of SAIF claims reserve money to pay the state deficit of $83 million, all of senior management resigned to form Liberty Northwest Insurance Co. Allen was appointed Vice President for Claims and Legal, as well as General Counsel, continuing the fight with the State over that issue and SAIF's authority to retain its own legal counsel. When the interim president retired and was replaced, a corporate reorganization took place resulting in the new president surrendering the legal functions to the office of the Attorney General. The position of Vice President and General Counsel was eliminated and Allen entered the private practice of law.

He was an attorney in private practice since 1984. At first, Allen joined the firm of Lindsay, Hart, Neil and Weigler, one of the old, well-established Portland law firms. In 1986, however, the attorneys practicing workers' compensation left the firm, and formed the firm of Davis, Bostwick, Scheminske and Lyons. That firm dissolved in 1988, and Allen joined with Brad Scheminske to form Scheminske and Lyons, where he continues as of this writing to practice workers' compensation defense, representing self-insured employers as well as insurance companies. Besides his law practice, since 1980 Allen has been an adjunct professor of law at Willamette University College of Law in Salem, teaching workers' compensation law.

He was married to Marsha Lorane DEBAY (daughter of Orian DEBAY and Georgia Irene MERCIER) on 14 Aug 1971 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. The Rev. Patrick O'Shea performed the ceremony at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Marsha Lorane DEBAY was born on 16 Feb 1950 in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. She was the daughter of Orian DEBAY and Georgia Irene MERCIER DeBay. She was baptized on 21 Mar 1971 in Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Seattle, King Co., Washington. ⁽²¹⁾ Christened as a child in the Methodist church, Marsha converted to Catholicism prior to her marriage to Allen. She was educated 1965 to 1968 in Weatherwax High, Aberdeen, Grays Harbor Co., Washington. She graduated among the top 10 percent of her class with a 3.98 G.P.A. She was educated 1968 to 1971 in University of Washington, Seattle, King Co., Washington. Marsha joined Pi Beta Phi sorority while at "The U." During her sophomore year she became engaged to Allen, who was about to graduate. Taking an extra-heavy course load in her junior year, she completed graduation requirements early, except for her student teaching obligation. Following her marriage, she was able to fulfill this requirement in Salem under the supervision of Willamette University in conjunction with the University of Washington.

She was a mathematics teacher 1971 to 1976 in LaCreole Junior High School, Dallas. Polk Co., Oregon. Marsha completed her student teaching at North Salem High in December, 1971. She had been canvassing the area looking for employment when she received an unexpected phone call from the principal at LaCreole advising her that one of their math teachers had given her resignation due to the need to relocate. He asked if Marsha could start work immediately. She continued to teach there until June, 1976, when she "retired" to await the birth of her first child. She did not return to teaching until 1994, when she was again hired at LaCreole as a part-time math teacher. In 1995 a decision was made to start a new Catholic secondary school in Salem, Archbishop Blanchet School. Marsha was invited head up the mathematics department. She was a mathematics teacher 1995 to present in Blanchet School, Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. The school began with only grades 7 through 9, and plans to add one upper grade a year until it includes all grade levels from 7 through 12. During her first year there, she brought to the school its first trophies, successfully leading a group of students to a third place finish in a state-wide math competition. Allen Ward LYONS and Marsha Lorane DEBAY had the following children:

+166 i. Jessica Lorane LYONS.
167 ii. Suzanne Marie LYONS was born on 28 Oct 1978 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. She was baptized on 24 Jan 1979 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. The baptism was at St. Joseph Church, and was performed by Rev. Joseph J. Neuville. As with her sister's baptism, Suzanne's was also during Mass. She graduated on 7 Jun 1996 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. Suzanne maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA and was class Valedictorian at South Salem High School. Like her sister, she enrolled at Santa Clara University, where she was admitted to the Honors Program.
168 iii. Nathan Allen LYONS was born on 6 May 1980 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. He was baptized on 22 Jun 1980 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. The ceremony was at St. Joseph Church and performed by Rev. Joseph J. Neuville He graduated in Jun 1998 in Salem, Marion Co., Oregon. Nate graduated from South Salem High, where he was student body vice president. While at South, Nate was active in student government and the music program. An accomplished drummer, he was in Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Wind Ensemble. After graduation he enrolled in the University of Oregon at Eugene, Oregon.
+169 iv. Karen Irene LYONS.