Larry Dillon
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A Memorial Gathering for Larry W. Dillon, 86, Lawrence, KS, will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence. Inurnment will be at a later date in Paris, IL. He died on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at his home.
Larry was born on December 16, 1925 in Edgar County, IL the son of Laurence Lee and Flora (Moody) Dillon.
He was a truck driver for Navajo Freight until he retired in 1967. He then worked as a security guard for Van Leer Containers and Lawrence Security Company.
He married Kate Mattingly on October 3, 1964 in Chicago, IL. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Laura A. Downs, Lawrence and Linda Nelson (Mark) Matteson, IL; one son, Charlie Dillon (Michele), Lawrence; five grandchildren, Glenn Brunner, Trisha Flummerfelt, Jason McArthur, Adam and Shelby Nelsen; seven great grandchildren, Robyn and Jaxon Flummerfelt, Randall and Amber Jameson, Colin, Seth and Evelyn Brunner. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Marilyn Elston, a sister, Mary Ann DeGeorge and a brother, William Patrick Dillon.
The family suggests memorials in his name to Southern Care Hospice and may be sent in care of the mortuary.
Prayers are being sent Aunt LaDonna, Linda, Charlie. So sorry for your loss.
Margaret Thomas
Thinking of you all. Larry will be missed, but is finally at peace.
My deepest sympathy to you and your extended family on the loss of your Father. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Mrs. Karen Kasper
Thinking of you and your family.Deepest sympathy.
David L. Carrington
I’m sorry for your loss, and may you be comforted from God’s word at 2 Corinthians
1:3,4:”Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those in any sort of tribulation through the comfort with which we ourselved are being comforted by God.”
(Psalms 83:18)
I hope that you are comforted at this time as you draw close to God in prayer.
Laura and family,My father and I are sorry to hear about the loss of your father and are praying you will have comfort and peace during this time.