Stephen N. Tyler
Dec. 20, 1955-Nov. 15, 1971
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 16, 1971, page 2, col 1, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Word has been received of the death of Steven Tyler, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tyler, 1001 Weesaw Rd.
University of Michigan Hospital officials report that he died there Monday. He had been suffering from leukemia.
Tyler was a junior at Niles High School.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, November 17, 1971, page 1, col 7-8, microfilm Niles District Library
NHS students honor leukemia victim
NILES-Stephen N. Tyler was devoted to the improvement of his school--Niles High School--and himself. He worked hard at both, even while leukemia was taking his life.
The Niles High School junior died from the disease Monday. On Tuesday, his fellow students showed their appreciation for his unselfish efforts by contributing $300 to the Niles-Buchanan YMCA in Tyler's name.
The contributions were a near spontaneous reaction to announcement of his death. He was active and well-liked. He was co-chairman of the auditorium programs, helped develop the new Student Day, was the school newspaper's sports editor and was a member of the French club.
While a student at Ballard Junior High, he was an all-around athlete, lettering in football, basketball and track, each of the three years he was at Ballard.
Last year he received a minor letter in football at Niles senior high and was on the varsity track squad.
He was active in student government and maintained an "A" average academically. Outside of school, he was a member of the Senior High Youth Fellowship, the Westminster Church Choir, and the First Presbyterian Church.
He battled his fatal disease for 18 months, but lost at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Tyler, 1001 Weesaw Rd., his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Tyler, Sr., of Niles and Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Meriwether of Galesburg, Ill., a brother, Terence, at home, and a sister, Jennifer, also at home.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in the First Presbyterian Church of Niles with the Rev. John R. Wyngarden and the Rev. Donald E. Gordon officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Halbritter Funeral Home.
The family request that memorials be made to the Niles-Buchanan YMCA Memorial Fund.