Obituary of Christina apos;Chris&apos Byers

Her family includes her husband, Vernon; sisters, Alma and her husband, Clair Brown of Solon, and Delores and her husband, George Parsons of Iowa City; brother, Louis Bulechek of Rock Island, IL; brothers-in-law, Cleo Byers of Los Alamos, NM, and Leland Byers of McAllen, TX; sisters-in-law, Thelma Smith of Fairfax, VA, Darlene Nevins of Warner, NH, Carol Slach of West Branch, and Anna Bulechek of Iowa City; and many nieces and nephews. Chris was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Larry, Paul, and Anthony, and two siblings in infancy. Christina Mary Elizabeth Bulechek Byers was born April 4, 1914, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City the daughter of Antone and Frances (Reha) Bulechek. She married Vernon Byers February 21, 1939, in Iowa City. For many years, the couple farmed northeast of West Liberty. In 1983 they moved into West Branch. For those that knew Chris you knew her love of the farm, her chickens, the garden, flowers, and the life she and Vernon had there. Memorial donations can be made in Chris’s memory to the Mercy Hospital Foundation.