Lyle Gene Unger, of Niles

Published 9:23 am Monday, December 22, 2014

Dec. 9, 2014 — Dec. 20, 2014

Lyle Gene “Squirrel“ Unger, 11 days old, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana.

Lyle, a triplet, arrived prematurely to Lyle and Jennifer (Duncan) Unger on Dec. 20, 2014, in South Bend, Indiana.

Although he did not live years upon this earth, Lyle’s sweet face will be forever etched on his family’s hearts.

Lyle is preceded in death by his two brothers, Kenneth and Liam Unger. He is survived by his parents, Lyle and Jennifer (Duncan) Unger, Jr. of Niles, paternal grandparents Lyle (Lisa Perkins) Unger, Sr. of Niles, maternal great-grandparents Kenneth and Mary Duncan of Niles, godmothers Nancy Miller of Watervliet and Amy Gearhart of Edwardsburg, many aunts, uncles, cousins and countless other lives Lyle has already impacted.

Those wishing to make a memorial donation in honor of Lyle may do so to NICU at Memorial Hospital or The Ronald McDonald House.

Services for Lyle will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014, at 7 p.m. with a time of visitation beginning at 6 p.m. Burial is scheduled for Dec. 24, 2014 at Mission Hills Memorial Gardens at 9:30 a.m.

Arrangements for Lyle have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home.