Lyle G Brockway

Lyle G. Brockway, of Grand Rapids, formerly of Vicksburg passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at the age of 95. Lyle was born in Brady Township on April 15, 1924 to Omar and Ines (Stevens) Brockway. He graduated from Vicksburg High School in 1942 and attended Michigan State University until enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters for flying thirty-five missions in B-17s over Europe during WWII. After the war he married Maria Marian Dalman on July 5, 1947 in Vicksburg. Lyle was employed at Consumers Power Company for thirty-seven years rising to District Superintendent in the Cadillac Area before his retirement. Lyle and Maria had four children. He enjoyed many activities over the years playing bridge, gardening, doing crosswords, caning chairs, square dancing while always being an active member of the Vicksburg EUB church and United Methodist Churches wherever he lived. He loved his time with his grandchildren and taught them all how to play cribbage. He served on the Brady Township Board as a trustee, United Way Board in Manistee, taught Sunday school, and was a member and director of the American Contract Bridge Club. Lyle was preceded in death by his first wife, Maria in 1991, his parents, three sisters, Donna Kunselman, Margaret Harriger, Mary Brown, one brother, Donald Brockway, and one son, Michael Brockway. He is survived by his second wife, Roberta DeRoos, one sister, Bea Ross, three children, Ken (Barb) Brockway, Robert (MaryAnn) Brockway, Ann (Scott) Robare, and daughter-in-law, Fran Brockway, 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. A funeral service for Lyle will be held on Saturday, January 11th, at 11am at the McCowen-Secord Funeral Home, Rupert-Durham Chapel, 409 S. Main Street, Vicksburg, Ml 49097 (269-649-1697). The family will receive friends on Saturday one hour prior to the service beginning at 10 am. Please visit Lyle's webpage at www .mccowen secord .com where you can get updated service information, read his life story, sign the guestbook, and share a memory with the family. Those who wish may make contributions to the Red Bird Mission https://rbmission.org/donate/.