SYRACUSE – Mary Jane Byrd, 85, of Syracuse, died July 16, 2011, in Indiana University Goshen Hospital.
She was born Jan. 25, 1926, in New Paris, to John and Cecil Strycker Knisley. On Aug. 18, 1945, she married Robert Byrd, who survives.
She was a lifelong area resident and retired from Dana Corp.
Also surviving are a son, Jerry (and spouse Glenda) Byrd, Syracuse; three daughters, Sheryll (and spouse Dave) Rieder, Birchwood, Wis., and Brenda Byrd and Rhonda (and spouse Scott) Green, all of Muncie; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Glen and Kenny Knisley, both of Syracuse, and Donald Knisley, Syracuse.
Services will be private.
No calling is planned.
Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse, is in charge of arrangements.
