Mrs. Amy Dillin, wife of the late T. R. Dillin, died Sunday at Mercy Hospital, Davenport. She was in her 76th year , and had been in failing health for the past few years. The funeral services were held at nine o'clock Thursday morning at the Catholic church in Millersburg, Father Ryan of North English celebrating the High Mass of Requiem, and preaching the masterly sermon. A vast throng was present at the services, many neighborhoods being represented: Armah, North English, Parnell, Holbrook, and Williamsburg sending goodly delegations. The interment was in the family plot in the catholic cemetery beside the body of her husband who preceded the wife in death by less than two years. Amy Murrin was born in English township 75 years ago, her parents being Mr. & Mrs. Laughlin Murrin among the early pioneers of this locality. In 1876 she was united in marriage to Tilcus R Dillin, also a native of English twp, and the home was established in the old home neighborhood where it was continued through all the years until February, 1929, when the husband passed away.She is survived by her five sons and two daughters: Thomas, Charles, and Mrs. Clara Berg of Rublins, Sask. Canada, Mrs. Edward Berry , John, and William of Millersburg, and Herman of Mt. Pleasant. One brother, William Murrin of Perry also survives, together with a long list of grandchildren and other near relatives.
Mrs. Dillin lived her entire life in Iowa county, seeing it first largely in its virgin state, and grew up with the wonderous development we see today. Her exemplary character was formed in the period in which men and women were shaped, in both character and disposition, on the anvil of necessity as harsh as the hammers that resounded on its face. Here she acquired patient courage, helpfulness, the ability to meet and solve problem that lued the path of pioneers, and every winning added to the sum total of her worth. From her splendid parents she inherited those admirable traits that never deserted her through a life longer than the average; she was ever a loyal daughter of the Catholic church and lived a life in general conformity with its tenets.
She was well among the oldest of Iowa county's natives, and many a heart quivers today in regret over the passing of a good woman whose life infinetely advantaged the community in which its truthful years were spent. Peace to her ashes and to her soul rest.