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Leo Sylvester Dillon

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Leo Sylvester Dillon

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8 Aug 1960 (aged 78)
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Orrtanna, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The Gettysburg Times August 8, 1960

Leo S. Dillon, 78, Orrtanna R1, died this morning at 5:00 at his home in Buchanan Valley of complications. He had been in ill health for the last year.
A native of Adams County, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dillon. He was a farmer, fruit picker and for some years an employee of the state highway department on the local maintenance crews.
A member of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic church, Buchanan Valley, he was a member of the Holy Name Society of that church, of the Gettysburg EAgles and of th Arendtsville Fire Co.
His wife, the former Annie E Strausbaugh, died a number of years ago. Surviving are two sons, Edgar J. Dillon, Orrtanna R.1 and John L. Dillon, at home, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services Thursday morning with meeting at the Bender Funeral HOme, Carlisle St., at 8:30 to go to St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, Buchanan Valley, for the Requiem Mass conducted by Rev. Fr. Louis J. Yeager at 10:00. Interment in the church cemetery.
The Gettysburg Times August 8, 1960

Leo S. Dillon, 78, Orrtanna R1, died this morning at 5:00 at his home in Buchanan Valley of complications. He had been in ill health for the last year.
A native of Adams County, he was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dillon. He was a farmer, fruit picker and for some years an employee of the state highway department on the local maintenance crews.
A member of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic church, Buchanan Valley, he was a member of the Holy Name Society of that church, of the Gettysburg EAgles and of th Arendtsville Fire Co.
His wife, the former Annie E Strausbaugh, died a number of years ago. Surviving are two sons, Edgar J. Dillon, Orrtanna R.1 and John L. Dillon, at home, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services Thursday morning with meeting at the Bender Funeral HOme, Carlisle St., at 8:30 to go to St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, Buchanan Valley, for the Requiem Mass conducted by Rev. Fr. Louis J. Yeager at 10:00. Interment in the church cemetery.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6907426/leo_sylvester-dillon: accessed ), memorial page for Leo Sylvester Dillon (25 Dec 1881–8 Aug 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6907426, citing Saint Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church Cemetery, Orrtanna, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by deb (contributor 46554453).