Lyle Loban, age 81, of Huron, SD, died Tuesday, November 24, 2009, at Violet Tschetter Memorial Home.

His body has been cremated and his memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 28, at Congregational United Church of Christ.

The family will be present Friday 5-7 p.m. at Welter Funeral Home to greet friends and to celebrate Lyles birthday (which would have been this Friday).

Lyle Lyman Loban, son of Lloyd and Winifred (Holcomb) Loban, was born on November 27, 1927, in Blairsburg, IA. He moved with his family to the Bruce, SD, area, and then to the Iroquois area where he graduated from Iroquois High School in 1945. He attended Huron College for a short period of time.

He drove truck in the Huron area, and also worked for his parents, who owned and operated the Dugout pool hall and Frostys.

He entered the U.S. Army on April 21, 1952, and served in Korea during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged on March 5, 1954.

He returned to Huron, resumed driving truck, and also co-owned with his parents the Cue-Town pool hall and lunch counter.

On July 7, 1977, Lyle married Doris Boynton Barrie in Watertown, SD. They lived in Yale, SD, for 14 years, then Iroquois from 1991-1995 prior to moving into Huron. He was self-employed as a truck driver for a period of time and then worked in road construction as a truck driver full time, and in the 1980s he worked summer months for Beadle County. Lyle and Doris had their own business of selling fireworks over the July 4th holiday for many, many years.

Lyles many interests included buying/selling/collecting antiques; playing pool and repairing cue sticks and pool tables; watching Jeopardy and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on television; reading; watching football on television; and was always trying to learn something new.

He is survived by his wife, Doris of Huron; 6 children, Lance (Cindy) Loban of Huron, Lyla Jo (Kurt) Ver Meer of Sioux Falls, Sue (Dale Ranft) Lemus of Aberdeen, Dean (Kathy Coughlin) Barrie of Huron, Randy (Sandy) Barrie of Denver, CO, and Darla (Kevin) Stordahl of Sioux Falls; 16 grandchildren, Ambria Loban, Taya Loban, Jaclyn Loban, Hannah Loban, Katlyn Ver Meer, Karissa Ver Meer, Cassie Lemus, Tony Barrie, Lisa Barrie, Lori Barrie, David Fulmer, Felicia (Gene) Hust, Michelle Barrie, Joshua (Beth) Howardson, Andrew Howardson, and Garett Howardson; and 10 great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents.