Allan G. Tyson Jr., Coast Guard veteran

Allan G. Tyson Jr., 85, of Rehoboth Beach passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Harbor Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center in Lewes. He was born March 12, 1928, in Chester, Pa., son of the late Alan G. Tyson Sr. and Adelaide Birtwell Tyson.

Mr. Tyson was a 1950 graduate of Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., and received his law degree in 1953 from Temple University. He worked in private practice fom 1955 to 1995 in the Chester and Swarthmore, Pa. areas. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran. He was a member of the Delaware County Bar Association and also taught business law and real estate at Keystone Business College.

He is survived by his wife Mary E. Witham Tyson; three sons, Allan Robert Tyson and wife Terri of Chapel Hill, N.C., John W. Tyson and wife Tomi of Pensacola, Fla., and William W. Tyson of Moncks Corner, S.C.; a daughter, Anne Tyson Schwab and husband Thomas of Coatesville, Pa.; nine grandchildren; and one sister, Jane T. Hewson and husband William C. of West Chester, Pa.

All services will be private. Memorial contributions may be sent to Salvation Army, 110 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, DE 19947. Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes, Lewes.