Lyle D. Authier Sr., 71, Buffalo, formerly of Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, in Buffalo Hospital.
Services were Saturday, Sept. 15, at United Methodist Church in Thompson, Iowa. The Rev. Wendy Trone officiated. Burial with military rites was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Lyle Authier was born to Cyril and Goldie Authier on Nov. 28, 1929, in Pipestone. He graduated from high school in Thompson in 1947.
He married Norma Pierce on Aug. 8, 1949, in the Little Brown Church, Nashua, Iowa. He served with the U.S. Air Force followed by a career in law enforcement which he dearly loved. He began his career with the Tucson Police Department, Tucson, Ariz., served as chief of police in Luverne and retired with the Winnebago County Sheriff Department in 1991.
Survivors include his wife, Norma Authier, Buffalo; four children and their spouses, Kathy and David Noll, Alexandria, Diane and Kevin Mulligan, Delano, Kirk and Brenda Authier, Vinton, Iowa, and Lyle Jr. and Jamie Authier, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; 12 grandchildren, Christopher, Justin, Matthew, Adam and Steven Noll, Keely and Chelsey Mulligan, Philip, Andrew and Allison, Authier, and Travis and Shelby Authier.
Peterson Chapel, Buffalo, was in charge of arrangements.