DILLON, Everett N.: 1910-1977

DILLON, RITTER, ZEPP, WRIGHT, ECKLEY, SAWYER

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Date: 6/23/2013 at 10:18:47

The Fairfield Ledger
April 25, 1977

Dillon, 66, Loses Life

HEDRICK - Everett N. Dillon, 66, of Hedrick was killed instantly Monday morning in a tractor accident at his farm in the Hedrick-Martinsburg area.

The accident happened at 7:05 a.m. Ottumwa law authorites said Dillon was trying to start a tractor in a machine shed. The ignition key starter failed, so he shorted across the selenoid switch with a screwdriver. The tractor was in gear and the rear wheel knocked him down and rolled over him. Jess McPherson, 72, who was working with Dillon was unable to stop the tractor in time.

The service will be Thursday at 10 a.m., at the Martinsburg United Methodist Church with Dr. J. Roland Crandall, the Rev. Brank Fulton and the Rev. Kermit Black officiating. Burial will in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

The Fremont Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. A memorial fund has been established by the family. The casket will remain closed. The family will receive friends at the funeral chapel Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Dillon was born May 13, 1910 in Wapello County, the son of George and Mary Ritter Dillon. He lived in this area all of his life.

He was a member of the Martinsburg United Methodist Church and the Farm Bureau.

On Dec. 15, 1930, he married Margery Zepp near Pekin. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, Carl of Waverly and Clair of Agency, one duaghter, Mrs. Mary Belle Wright of rural Hedrick; four grandchildren, one brother, Leonard of Horseshoe Bend, Ark., and two sisters, Mrs. Anna Eckley of Colorado Springs and Mrs. Mabel Sawyer of Delta.

(Transcribed for genealogy purposes only. I am of no relation.)