Mark Ross Lyon

May 24, 1947 - December 3, 2021

Mark Ross Lyon Mark Ross Lyon, 74 of South Salt Lake formally lived in Sandy Utah, passed away peacefully in is home on Friday, December 3rd 2021 from natural causes. Mark was born on May 24, 1947 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is the oldest of four children and the son of Ross Lyon and Marjorie Platt Lyon. Mark lived the majority of his childhood in Salt Lake City and after graduating from Cyprus High School, served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Ontario, Canada. Mark graduated from Brigham Young University and worked as an accountant. He married his loving wife Cheryl Watkins Lyon in the Salt Lake Temple and they had been married for 44 years until his passing. Mark leaves behind his wife Cheryl, his children Benjamin Lyon (Chrystal), Elizabeth Robison (Matthew), Stephen Lyon, Andrew Lyon, Nathan Lyon, seven grandchildren, and his sisters, Dede Johnson (Dennis), Marsha Millet, Paula Elliot (Richard). Proceeded in death by parents Ross Lyon, Marjorie Platt Lyon and son Jared Lyon. Funeral will be held at the LDS chapel located 3219 South. 300 East in South Salt Lake on Wednesday, December 8th at 11:00 AM and the viewing will be held prior from 10:00 AM until 10:45 AM. Mark will be laid to rest at Memorial Holladay Cemetery located 4900 S. Memory Ln, Holladay, Utah 84117 preceding the funeral.