(September 17, 1913-December 16, 2002)

NORWOOD--Susan C. Lyman, 89, of 38 Prospect St., died Monday afternoon at United Helpers Canton Nursing Home, where she had been a patient since Aug. 22.

Mrs. Lyman was appointed historian for the town of Potsdam in 1962 and the first historian for the village of Norwood in 1965. She was co-founder of the St. Lawrence County Historical Club. She also worked as an assistant librarian at Truman A. Pease Memorial Library from 1963 to 1977, when she became the head librarian. She retired in 1981.

She was a member of Norwood United Methodist Church. In 1961, she co-founded Norwood Historical Association and Museum of which she was a life member and trustee. She was a member of the Association of Municipal Historians of New York State, Northern New York Chapter of Local Historians and St. Lawrence Chapter 2831 of the AARP.

She was a trustee of Riverside Cemetery Association and a member of the Norwood Golden Agers Club. She was also a member of the New York Stateside Senior Action Council, Inc.

Mrs. Lyman was presented with the New York State Press Association top award in 1968;l Jaycee citizen of the year in 1982; "The Bessie Award" for community service by the North Country Local Historians in 1986; Meritorious Award from Norwood Historical Association in 1973, and again in 1980. She is listed in "Who’s Who of American Women" and "Notable Persons of the Bicentennial Era." In 1991, she co-founded the St. Lawrence County Municipal Historians Group.

She published "The Story of Norwood, N.Y. A Nice Place to Live, 1850-1995" in 1971 and also published "Rails into Raquetteville," the story of railroads coming into Norwood in the mid 1850s. She wrote on America’s bicentennial and several feature articles dealing with north country history.

Born September 17, 1913, in Lawrenceville, daughter of George W. and Carrie LaFlesh Crowley, she was a graduate of Norwood High School in 1931. She attended St. Lawrence University; American Institute of Banking, Canton, and Clarkson University, Potsdam. She received her New York State Librarian Certificate in 1964.

She married Royal J. Lyman on May 11, 1931, in the manse of the Congregational Church, Malone, with the Rev. John R. Williams officiating. My Lyman died March 5, 1981.

Surviving are a daughter and her husband, Mrs. Howard (Carol) Moshier, Lowville; a daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Lyman, Potsdam; a sister, Catherine MacGibbon, Syracuse, and two granddaughters.

A son, William H. Lyman, died in 1978 and a sister, Bertha King, died in 1989.

The funeral will be at 8 p.m. today at Buck Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Jones officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Donations may be made to Potsdam Rescue Squad or Hospice of St. Lawrence Valley.

(From the Tuesday, December 17, 2002 edition of the Watertown Daily Times, page D7).