Edwin C. Tyson

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Edwin Louis "Ted" Tyson was born to Edwin and Lettie Walkup Tyson on Jan. 18, 1918, in rural Atchison County, Mo. He graduated from Daleview High School and Northwest Missouri State University at Maryville. After teaching a few years he was inducted into the Army and served in the Pacific area during World War II.
After completing his army term, he graduated from the University in Seattle with a Masters Degree in Library Science. He accepted a position as librarian of San Jose City College, he retired from there in 1972, and moved to his home in Nevada City, Calif. where he died at age 92.
He is survived by a sister, Marcia Tyson Symanski, Maryville, Mo.: nephew, Turner W.. Tyson, II, Jefferson City, Mo.; niece, Barbara Tyson Finn, Pensacola, Fla. and numerous great nephews and nieces. A nephew, Edwin Charles Tyson, is deceased.
Arrangements are under the care of Schooler Funeral Home, Fairfax, Mo. Ted has been cremated.
Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, at St. Oswalds-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church.
Burial will be at Walkup Grove Cemetery with the Reverend Mike Kyle officiating.
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Edwin Tyson died March 12 peacefully and on his own terms at his Nevada City home. He was 92.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 25, at the Nevada Theatre, in downtown Nevada City. It will be a celebration of the life of the dean of Nevada County historians. Local historians and others will share their memories of Mr. Tyson, and the audience also will have an opportunity to offer remarks.
Ed Tyson was born January 8, 1918, to Edwin and Leticia Tyson in Maryville, Mo. He attended grade school, high school and college (Northwest Missouri State Teachers College) in the town of his birth.
His postgraduate studies were at the University of California, Berkeley, where he obtained his teaching credential in English, specializing in Anglo-Saxon literature.
Mr. Tyson earned a master of arts degree in library science at the University of Washington, then returned to California, where he taught at both Pittsburg High School and San Jose City College.
He became librarian at San Jose City College, a position he held until retiring in 1972, when he moved to Nevada City.
Mr. Tyson soon became the volunteer librarian at the Searls Historical Library in downtown Nevada City, across from the county courthouse, and remained active there until a few weeks before his death.
He served on the boards of the Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada Theatre Commission and Nevada County Cemetery District.
He was a former Grand Noble Humbug of the William "Bull" Meek-William Morris Stewart E Clampus Vitus Chapter No. 10, an early patron of both City Opera and Music in the Mountains, and a revered member of the Mine Shaft Social Club in Nevada City.
Several years ago, the Nevada County Board of Supervisors declared Mr. Tyson the county's official historian, and in 2007 he was proclaimed a Nevada City Living Treasure.
In 1986, the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce honored Mr. Tyson with the Elza Kilroy Award for community service. More recently, he received the Col. William Lambert Award for community service from the Nevada City Marching Presidents.
In 2000, he received a JC Penny Golden Rule award for Exceptional Community Service and $1,000 for the Searls Library.
Donations in Mr. Tyson's name be made to the Searls Library Building Fund or the American Civil Liberties Union.
Chapter Ten's 1996 Noble Grand Humbug, Edwin Tyson, headed out for the Golden Hills yesterday at the age of 92. "Nevada County's official historian, (as designated by the board of supervisors several years ago) has died. Ed Tyson, a native of Missouri but forever linked with this region, passed peacefully at his Nevada City home at 1:15 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Tyson retired in 1972 as librarian of San Jose City College. He then settled in western Nevada County. He was quickly recruited as the volunteer librarian for the Searls Library.
Although he was asked only to help the Nevada County Historical Society organize its collection of old books, documents and photographs, Mr. Tyson remained on the job \emdash without pay \emdash for the next 38 years.
It was only when his health failed him in late 2009 that he began to reduce his hours at the library.
Mr. Tyson served on the boards of the county Historical Society, Nevada County Cemetery District and Nevada Theatre Commission.
Later, he served as Grand Marshal at Nevada City's Independence Day parade. More recently, he received the Col. William Lambert Award for outstanding community service, presented by the Nevada City Marching Presidents.
It was Mr. Tyson's countless volunteer hours of painstaking research that created an inventory of construction dates and building histories that served as the key element that led to downtown Nevada City being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Regarded as one of the most thorough and scholarly historians in California, Mr. Tyson was also a Renaissance man in the best tradition: An accomplished pianist who enjoyed good literature, fiery politics, great food, live theater and music of all kinds \emdash but especially opera.
We will all forever remember one of the most intelligent and historically minded Clampers of them all.
"Ed Tyson served on the boards of the Nevada County Historical Society, Nevada County Cemetery District and Nevada Theatre Commission. In addition, Ed was proud to have been Grand Noble Humbug of E Clampus Vitas.
"Later, he served as Grand Marshal at Nevada City's July Fourth celebration and, more recently, was recipient of the Col. William Lambert Award for outstanding community service, presented by the Nevada City Marching Presidents.
"Included in his long list of honors was the designation 'Nevada City Living Treasure,' proclaimed by then-Mayor Steve Cottrell in May 2007.
"It was Ed's countless volunteer hours of painstaking research that created an inventory of construction dates and building histories that served as the key element that led to downtown Nevada City being placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
"Although regarded as one of the most thorough and scholarly historians in the the state, Ed Tyson was also a Renaissance man in the best tradition \emdash an accomplished pianist who enjoyed good literature, fiery politics, great food, live theater, and music of all kinds (but especially opera).
"At his request, there will be no local funeral services, but a memorial is being planned for early spring and will be announced soon." The memorial is expected to occur in mid-April.
Edwin Louis "Ted" Tyson was born to Edwin and Lettie Walkup Tyson on Jan. 18, 1918, in rural Atchison County, Mo.
He graduated from Daleview High School and Northwest Missouri State University at Maryville. After teaching a few years he was inducted into the Army and served in the Pacific area during World War II.
After completing his army term, he graduated from the University in Seattle with a Masters Degree in Library Science. He accepted a position as librarian of San Jose City College, he retired from there in 1972, and moved to his home in Nevada City, Calif. where he died at age 92.

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