John Shaw Lynch

Visitaiton: Noon until 2:00, Saturday May 1, at Shannon Rufe Snow Funeral Chapel, 6001 Rufe Snow Dr; Fort Worth, TX 76148. Funeral Service to Follow at 2:00 pm also at Shannon Rufe Snow. Burial to follow at Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery.

John was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on May 19, 1929, son of the late Bradley Lynch and the late May Shindler Lynch. He lived most of his life in Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Arlington Heights High School. He then went on to graduate from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He married Avis Dane Calvery in 1953, the start of a long and wonderful marriage. They moved to Handley on the east side of Fort Worth in 1961 where he lived the rest of his life. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He worked as an Electrical Engineer in the Aerospace industry. He loved to learn and study, as well as enjoying the Arts. He painted, made stained glass objects, and played multiple musical instruments.

John was preceded in death by: His wife Avis Dane Lynch and his brother Eugene Lynch

Survivors: His children, Cherry Lynch Hudson and her husband, Scott, Jeanine Lynch Socha and her husband, Neal, Russell Wayne Lynch and his wife, Nancy Ulrich, Larry Glenn Lynch and his wife, Jennifer O'Connor-Lynch; grandchildren, Julie Lynch Cochran , Robin Shaw Lynch and his wife, Ana Ramirez, Stephanie Marie Lynch and her husband, Chris Mappus, Kathleen Elizabeth Lynch, Brendon Chase O'Connor-Lynch, Patrick Dane O'Connor-Lynch and Colemon Glenn O'Connor-Lynch; and great-grandchildren, Abigail Jane Cochran, Isabelle Dane Cochran, Watson Martin Boyd, Warren Mark Boyd, Waylon Marcel Boyd, Christopher Shaw Lynch Ramirez, Ana Cecilia Lynch Ramirez and Connor Wayne Mappus.