Lyle spent most of his life in service to God and many individuals throughout the world. He was born in Marshalltown, Iowa and after graduating from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa spent almost two years with the U.S. Army in Munich, Germany, serving with the Fifth Medical Battalion. While in Munich he married his college sweetheart, Mary Abigail Hills. After his honorable discharge, they returned to the U.S. where Lyle began his ministerial training at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey.

Following assignments with churches in New Jersey and Illinois, the Lyle Anderson family moved to the Philippines where both Lyle and Mary served as missionaries for the United Methodist Church. Their four-year service involved locations and congregations on Luzon, and as staff at the Theological Seminary in Dasmarinas, Cavite.

Upon returning to the U.S., Lyle earned his Doctor of Religion at the School of Theology at Claremont in California. He continued to provide unfailing leadership in churches in California, Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee. After retirement, Lyle and Mary moved to Nebraska. Lyle continued to help a congregation there and provided many Sunday sermons.

Lyle was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Hills Anderson; his parents, Eldon and Viola Anderson; and many beloved uncles and aunts.

He is survived by his brother, Paul M. Anderson of Fort Smith, AR; sister-in-law, Carol Hills Linder of Atlanta, GA; brother-in-law, Ivan (Lynn) Hills of Gresham, WI; his children: Elizabeth (Douglas) of Logan, Utah, Rachel of Bellingham, Washington, Mark of Edina, Minnesota, and Deborah (Rick) of Cypress, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; one great-great granddaughter. He has been blessed with a wonderful posterity and leaves behind a great legacy.

Family inurnment will be in the cemetery in Garwin, Iowa at a future date. Memories and condolences may be shared and expressed at www.allenmortuaries.com.