By By MARCIA STEFFENS / Niles Daily Star
NILES – News of the death of Tim Tyler has shocked the Niles community.
Tyler died on Tuesday, apparently following complications after a fall at his home a few weeks before.
According to friends, family members had expected him to be released from Borgess Hospital at the end of the week.
"It's a sad day for Niles. It is a tremendous loss to the Y and the entire community. He and his family have done so much for Niles. He was a doer," said Bret Hendrie, Niles-Buchanan YMCA executive director.
"I can't imagine not having Tim by our side," he added.
The two became friends during the five years they worked together on the new YMCA building project. Tyler was the capital campaign chair.
Though he knew Tyler had some serious injuries, Hendrie had thought Tyler had been making progress.
An event which was scheduled for Wednesday evening for Tyler's wife Sharon, who seeking the Republican nomination for the 78th district's state representative, has been cancelled, according to Ron Sather, CEO and President of the Four Flags Chamber of Commerce.
Sather mentioned at the last Rotary meeting they were speaking about Tyler's recovery. It was a serious fall, he said, with Tyler breaking his wrist and having five pins inserted and possible head trauma. He was going into rehab,
Sather said last Thursday but, according to his brother Tom Tyler, "was doing fine."