Lyle Allan Pringle, 80, prominent and highly respected figure in the cattle industry, died Nov. 11, 1997, at his retirement home in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Services were at Fountain Hills United Methodist Church, Fountain Hills, Nov. 16, 1997 with the Rev. Edwin Grant officiating.

He was born in Floyd County, Iowa, on his family’s farm on Aug. 7, 1917. From 1974 until his retirement in 1987, he was vice-president for procurement for National Beef Packers, Liberal, Kan. He began his career at the age of 19 as a cattle buyer for Jacob E. Decker and Sons in Mason City, Iowa, after learning the cattle business in partnership with his father, Ben Pringle, a livestock dealer in Marble Rock, Iowa, and also a buyer for Decker’s. He became an independent cattle buyer in 1942, a business venture which was interrupted by his service in the United States Army during World War II and which he resumed following military service. From 1959 until 1965, Lyle was a partner in the Clear Lake Livestock Auction and was employed by Iowa Beef Processors in Dakota City, Neb. and Guymon, Okla., from 1965 until his employment by National Beef Packers in 1974.

On June 20, 1938, Lyle married Winifred S. Ackley, with whom he shared a devoted, caring and generous family life and with whom he retired to Fountain Hills in December 1987, following his retirement from professional life of 54 years in the cattle industry.

Survivors include his wife, Winnie, Fountain Hills; daughter and son-in-law, Winnie P. and H. Gary Pannell of Atlanta, Ga.; son and daughter-in-law, Jeb and Pat Pringle of Benson, Ariz.; son and daughter-in-law, Lynn A. and Laura S. Pringle, Oklahoma City, Okla.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, all of whom basked in the love, kindness and marvelous good humor which he brought to his life and family.

The family requests that contributions be sent to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 85014-5699.

Mary H. Bishop, 88, of Benson, Ariz., died Sunday, Oct. 26, 1997. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne, who died Sept. 21, 1997.

Also preceding her in death were a grandson, Blake Burnham, one brother, Cecil, and two sisters, Maurine King and Margaret Surles.

A memorial service was held Thursday, Oct. 30, 1997 at the Community Presbyterian Church in Benson. Burial was in Golden Cemetery, Golden, Colo.

Mary was born Aug. 8, 1909 in Valley Junction, Iowa. She and her husband were married in Chariton, Iowa, on Nov. 24, 1934. Mary and Wayne lived in Des Moines, Iowa until 1943, when they and their daughter moved to Clear Lake. Mary was a   homemaker, loving wife and mother, and a dear friend. She and Wayne moved to Benson, Ariz. in 1970 at the time of their retirement.

She is survived by a daughter, Phyllis Burnham, Lakewood, Colo., one sister, Kathryn Lewellyn of West Des Moines, Iowa, and a nephew, Willard Conyers of Des Moines.