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KYGER
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GEORGE ARBURY KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Fri, Dec. 11, 1998
The funeral for George Arbury Kyger, 73, Port Republic, will be at 11 am. Friday at the Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. The Revs. Roger Hart and Doyle Payne will conduct the service. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisonburg. Mr. Kyger died Tuesday, May 12, 1998, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, where he had been a patient since April 21. He had been seriously ill since October. He was born Aug. 28, 1924, in Martinsburg, W.Va., and was the son of the late Chastine and Mary Shifflett Kyger. He served in the Navy during World War II on the destroyer USS Bristol with the 5th Fleet. He was a member of the Grottoes Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4698 and operated George’s 66 in Harrisonburg before retiring. On Feb. 23, 1946, he married the former Mildred H. Dorman, who survives. Also surviving are one son, Larry E. Kyger, Port Republic one daughter, Deborah Pruitt, Weyers Cave; three sisters, Clearine Gleason and Helen Hoover, both of Cocoa, Fla., and Frances Davis, Mount Crawford; and two granddaughters. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grottoes Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1187, Grottoes, Va., 24441.

JOSEPH REID KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Tue, Jan. 9, 1990
The funeral for Joseph Reid Kyger, 68, of Forrestville, Md., will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Kyger & Trobaugh Funeral Home in Harrisonburg by the Rev. Jon S. Stewart. Burial will be in Elk Run Cemetery in Elkton. Mr. Kyger died Sunday afternoon at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., where he had been a patient since Jan. 2. He was born Sept. 17, 1921, in Elkton and was the son of the late Roy Lee and Lucy Jane Dean Kyger. Mr. Kyger served with the National Guard and was a member of the Methodist Church. He retired as a streetcar driver for D.C. Transit and was a member of Local 689. On Nov. 26, 1948, he married the former Beatrice Shifflett, who survives. Also surviving are two sons, Russel Kyger of Forrestville, Md., and Danny Kyger of Baltimore; two brothers, Howard Lee Kyger of Springfield and William Holmes Kyger of Timberville; and two sisters, Anna Held Rhine of West Point and Dora Jenkins of Huntington Beach, Calif. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.  See Wife Beatrice's Obit

L. WILFORD KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg VA, Tue, Feb. 11, 1986
Kyger Funeral
McGAHEYSVILLE - The funeral for L. Wilford Kyger, 64, of McGaheysville will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery at McGaheysville. Mr. Kyger, who had worked for Bond Lumber Co., died Saturday morning. He was born Sept. 19, 1921, in McGaheysville and was a son of Edna Shifflett Kyger and the late David G. Kyger. Mr. Kyger was a member of the McGaheysville United Methodist Church. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are two brothers, Arnold Kyger of McGaheysville and Chris Kyger of Harrisonburg, and six sisters, Evelyn Kyger and Edna Lee Mowbray, both of McGaheysville, Hilda Lam, Odessa Harlow and Lethia Kyger, all of Harrisonburg, and Ruth Alice Shifflett of Elkton. A brother, Oliver Kyger, drowned in the flood on Nov. 5, 1985. The family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Friends also may call at the home of his mother in McGaheysville.

LYLE HARDING KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Mon,, Jan. 25, 1982
RAPHINE - Lyle Harding Kyger, 60, of Raphine died of cancer Saturday morning at King's Daughters' Hospital in Staunton. Mr. Kyger had been ill nine months and was admitted to the hospital Friday. He was born April 17, 1921, at Port Republic and was a son of Zetta Shifflett Kyger of Grottoes and the late Charles William Kyger. He worked 35 years for du Pont in Waynesboro and retired July 1, 1978. Mr. Kyger was a member of Port Republic United Methodist Church and was a veteran of World War II. Surviving, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Audrey Ann Davis Kyger of Raphine; two sons, Donald Keith Kyger of Raphine and Sidney Davis Kyger of Staunton; two brothers, Charles William Kyger Jr. of Williamsburg and Robert Lee Kyger of Elkton; two sisters, Ruby Hess of Lancaster, Pa., and Mary Morris of Grottoes; and five grandchildren. A graveside service will be conducted 11 a.m. Tuesday in Mount Carmel Presbyterian Church cemetery by the Rev. Russell B. Fleming. The body is at the Henry Funeral Home in Staunton, where friends may call. Friends also may call at the Kyger home.

MARY ELIZABETH KYGER KIRTLEY
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Tue, Dec. 5, 1989
Kirtley Funeral
McGAHEYSVILLE — The funeral for Mary Elizabeth Kirtley, 48, of McGaheysville will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lindsey Harrison- burg Funeral Home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. William A. Jester. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery at McGaheysville. Mrs. Kirtley died late Friday at her home. She was born July 22, 1941, in McGaheysville and was a daughter of Maggie Jane McDaniel Kyger and the late Leonard R. Kyger of McGaheysville. She lived the majority of her life in McGaheysville and was a member of the United Methodist Church. In addition to her husband, Ben. jam Franklin Kirtley, and her mother, she is survived by one daughter, Linda Marie Kirtley of McGaheysville; three sons, Jeff Kirtley of Harrisonburg, Douglas Kirtley of Broadway and Frank Kirtley of Elkton; two brothers, James E. and Sylvester Kyger, both of McGaheysville; four sisters, Almeta Hensley of Mineral, Edna Cannella of Adelphia, Md., Thelma Shifflett of McGaheysville and Gurnie Kyger of Harrisonburg; and two grandchildren. The family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. today at funeral home.

OLIVER KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg VA, Thu, Nov. 7, 1985
Kyger Funeral
McGAHEYSVILLE - The funeral for Oliver Kyger, 48, a farmer from McGaheysville, will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home. The service will be conducted by the Rev. Johnny Hensley. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Kyger drowned Tuesday afternoon apparently as he attempted to walk across the U.S. 340 at Verbena Bridge after his car stalled. He was born in McGaheysville May 9, 1937, and was a son of Edna Shifflett Kyger of McGaheysville and the late David G. Kyger. Besides his mother, he is survived by three brothers, Wilford and Arnold Kyger, both of McGaheysville, and Chris Kyger of Harrisonburg; and six sisters, Evelyn Kyger and Edna Lee Mowbray, both of McGaheysville, Hilda Lam, Odessa Harlow and Lethia Kyger, all of Harrisonburg, and Ruth Alice Shifflett of Elkton. The family will receive friends 7:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Friends may also call at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Kyger at other times.

RUSSELL ARCHIE KYGER
The Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, VA, Sat, Nov. 19, 2005
Russell Archie Kyger, 53, of Bloomer Springs Road in McGaheysville, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at his home of cancer. Mr. Kyger was born Nov. 27, 1951, in Harrisonburg, and was the son of Beatrice Virginia Shifflett Kyger of McGaheysville and the late Joseph Reid Kyger. He grew up in the Washington, D.C. and Maryland area. He helped Quatum Link (Q-Link) get started in 1984, which later turned into AOL. He worked for the Capitol Center, where he set up for games and concerts. He was a guitar player, who wrote and composed music and played with several musicians at the Capitol Center, both rock and blues. Mr. Kyger worked on genealogy for 25 years with Ellis Worth Kyger and later with Maggie Kyger. He returned to the Shenandoah Valley in 1999. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Mary Marie Dove Kyger, whom he married Nov. 21, 1980; a daughter, Michelle Elvanda Virginia Kyger at home; and a brother, Daniel Michael Kyger of New Carlton, Md. Pastor Roland Good will conduct the funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 this evening at the funeral home.