Lyle Melvin Swisher, 72, Battle Ground, died Monday, March 1, in Home Hospital, Lafayette, He had been a patient for two weeks and was in failing health for two years.

He was born Nov. 30, 1920, to Elbert and Bessie Servic Swisher, in Boliver Township in Benton
County. He was married Nov. 20, 1945, to Ella Scowden, in Lafayette, and she survives.

He lived all of his life, in the Battle Ground area and attended schools in Gilboa and Battle Ground.

He retired from Landis and Gyr in Lafayette, in 1984, where he was employed for 23 years.

He served in the Army from Sept. 1942 to Nov. 1945, in Company E, 282nd Infantry. He served in Sicily, the south of France, the Rhineland and Central Europe.

He was a former member of the Battle Ground Baptist Church.

Surviving with his wife are two sons; Maj. Melvin Lloyd Swisher, Lafayette and Ronald Earl Swisher, Sullivan; two daughters; Mrs Philip (Jacqueline) Lehman, Battle Ground and Mrs James (Glenda) Shoemaker, Lafayette; a sister, Mrs Wuanita Pharis, Lafayette; a stepmother, Kathryn Swisher, Lafayette; a stepbrother, Jay Summers, Lafayette; five half-sisters; Mrs Donna Vogel, Mrs Alberta Cook, Mrs Judy Riley, Mrs Linda Maddox and Mrs Phyllis Kelley, all of Lafayette; four half brothers; James Swisher, John Swisher and Joe Swisher, of Lafayette; and Jerry Swisher, Florida;  eight grandchildren, five stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.  Three brothers are deceased.

The funeral was Wednesday at Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with Pastor Harry Hargis officiating.

Burial was in Battle Ground Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be given to the American Lung Association.