Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Dillon (Dillion), Donald R. Sr. 1979 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 22, 2011, 5:20 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, January 2, 1979 Donald R. Dillion, Sr., 68 of 11094 South State Road, Lake Odessa died Sunday evening at his residence. He was born August 29, 1910 in Lawrence County, Ohio the son of Jasper and Effie (King) Dillion. He attended school in Clark County, Ohio. In Springfield, Ohio on March 29, 1932 he married Marjorie Watson. Dillion was employed by International Harvester Company in Ohio and in 1949 moved to Grand Rapids where he was employed as a truck driver by Edward Pitsch Produce company. In 1950 he moved to the Lake Odessa area and Due to ill health retired from the Edward Pitsch Produce Company in 1970. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie; four sonS: Paul of Grand Rapids; Donald Jr. of Ionia; Glen and Larry, both of Lake Odessa; two daughters: Mrs. Thomas Ethel Wilkinson of Sacramento, CA.; Edith Dillion, North Hollywood, CA.; one brother, Harvey of Springfield, Ohio; one sister, Mrs. Paul Audrey Gundolf of Springfield, Ohio and ten grandchildren. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at the Pickens-Koops funeral home, Lake Odessa. Dr. J. C. Dotson will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/d/dillondi16743nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb