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- [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: C Willard Dillon
Home in 1930: Apple Creek, Wayne, Ohio
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Age: 3
Estimated birth year: abt 1926
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: C Raymond
Mother's Name: Freda S
Race: White
- [S927] Obituary.
Dillon, Charles W. Dillon
Source: The-Daily-Record.com [Wooster, Ohio]; March 28, 2011
WOOSTER -- Charles W. Dillon, 84, of Wooster, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Wooster Community Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at McIntire, Davis & Greene Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster, with the Revs. Mark McCord and Wendell Sinclair officiating. Entombment will follow in Sherwood Memorial Gardens, where military honors will be observed.
Friends will be received Tuesday, March 29, 2011, from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
He was born Oct. 20, 1926, in Wooster, the son of Ray and Freda Stauch Dillon. He married Elizabeth Paulus on Nov. 12, 1946. She survives. They had celebrated 64 years of marriage.
He had been the manager of Wayne Auto Parts Co. for 15 years, had owned and operated various gas stations and was the founder of Dillon Motors. He was a member of Highland Avenue Church of God and had served his country with the U.S. Army during WW II, stationed in the Philippines as a paratrooper, and worked in the motor pool.
Chuck enjoyed boating, camping, shelling and attending his grandchildren's activities. They made shell craft items and traveled in seven states selling them.
He was a member of American Legion Post 68 of Wooster, a former member of the Elks, Eagles and the Masonic Lodge. Winters were spent in Ft. Myers, Florida, for the past 36 years.
Surviving in addition to his wife are his children, Linda (George) Gray of West Salem and Charles (Nancy) of Wooster; grandchildren, Loni Bowersock, Lori Dugan, Stacy (Steve) Radabaugh, Matt (Stacey) Dillon and Sue (Scott) Young; two step-grandchildren, Vicki (Rock) Frost and Brian (Lori) Gray; eight great-grandchildren, nine step-great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Phyllis Kinney, of Texas.
Chuck was preceded in death by his parents.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Highland Ave. Church of God, 669 W. Highland Ave., Wooster, or Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster 44691.
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