A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Pauline Lyon enlisted in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) in 1943. After training in New York City and in Cedar Falls, Iowa, she was assigned to the Ottumwa Naval Air Station in Ottumwa, Iowa from 1943 to 1946. As a Yeoman Second Class she supervised advancements in rating of enlisted personnel. Lyon devoted the rest of her professional life to the service of the Black Hawk County Chapter of the American Red Cross, serving in both volunteer and professional capacities. Among the positions she held were assistant director of the Black Hawk County Chapter, director of Service to Military Families, Volunteers, and Youth (1971 to 1977), and director of donor resources and development (1977 until retirement in 1984).
From the description of Papers of Pauline Lyon, 1884-1994. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233107443
