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Ethel Margaret (Whitlatch)
& Larry James "Buddy" Dillon, Sr.
Tombstone Photo
Dewey Cemetery, Dewey, Washington Co. OK
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Larry served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict
Obit for Ethel
Posted by Ann Weber
Sep 1, 1930 - Jun 24, 2017
STUMPFF FUNERAL HOME
BARTLESVILLE, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)
Mrs. Ethel Margaret “Margie” Dillon, 86, formerly of Dewey,
died at 11:52 P.M. on Saturday. June 24, 2017 in Joplin, Missouri.
A Rosary will be held at 7 P.M. on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Our Lady of
Guadalupe Catholic Church in Dewey. The Funeral Mass will be held at 2 P.M. on
Friday, June 30, 2017 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Father Jose
Thottathil as the celebrant. Interment will be in the Dewey Cemetery directed by
the Stumpff Funeral Home & Crematory.
Mrs. Dillon was born in Worthington, Ohio on September 1, 1930 the daughter of
Harry Edward and Alice (Vermaaten) Whitlatch. She grew up in Ohio and moved to
Tucson, Arizona as a teenager. She was married to Larry James Dillon Sr. on June
7, 1952 at Lordsburg, New Mexico. They made their home in Tucson where he was an
officer with the Pima County Sheriff Department and Mrs. Dillon was employed
with Anadite Inc., at a full service laundry, and then at the Amado Greyhound
Dog Track. They came to Copan, Oklahoma to make their home in 1978 and then
moved to Dewey in 1989. After moving to Oklahoma, she was employed with Jane
Phillips Hospital until her retirement.
Survivors include four children, Harry Dillon of Alaska, Lee Dillon of
Flagstaff, Arizona, Larry J. Dillon Jr. of Bedford, Texas and Toni Sturgeon and
husband Rusty of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, ten grandchildren, Eric Dillon, Shawn
Dillon, Hollie Noreuil and husband Troy, Kim Coffman, Michelle Adams and husband
Jayson, Mitchell Lucas and wife Julia, Trisha Lucas, Tasha Dillon, Joshua
Sturgeon and wife Haley and Jessica Sturgeon and 13 great grandchildren and a
great great grandchild on the way.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry James Dillon Sr. on June 18,
2012, her parents, a sister Jean and a brother Richard.
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