Obit, family keepsake, newspaper unk: Mrs. Susan Dillon Dies. Mrs. Susan J. Dillon of the Hotel Iowa died at 1:20 a.m. today in Graham hospital after a long illness. Born July 4, 1869 in French Lick, Ind., she was the daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth Lindley Fullen. On November 5, 1893, in Paoli, Ind. she married John Dillon. They came to Keokuk in 1923. Mr Dillon who sold an elevator business he founded to the Otis Elevator company, was one of the original stockholders and founders with the late G. E. Weissenburger of the Keokuk Electro Metals Company in 1916. For a number of years he was secretary and treasurer but later became vice president in charge of sales. He died September 25, 1941. Mrs. Dillon was a member of the First Church of christ, Scientist. Surviving are four sisters. Mrs. Ella Trinkle of Paoli, Ind., Mrs. Amanda Elrod of Paoli, Mrs. Effie Isom of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Amy Scaritt of Pensacola, FL, a brother, Ralph Fullen, of French Lick and several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. John Wells of Indianapolis, Ind. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in DeJong's Funeral Home with Mrs. Jane DeVries as reader. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery
Obit, family keepsake, newspaper unk: Mrs. Susan Dillon Dies. Mrs. Susan J. Dillon of the Hotel Iowa died at 1:20 a.m. today in Graham hospital after a long illness. Born July 4, 1869 in French Lick, Ind., she was the daughter of John and Mary Elizabeth Lindley Fullen. On November 5, 1893, in Paoli, Ind. she married John Dillon. They came to Keokuk in 1923. Mr Dillon who sold an elevator business he founded to the Otis Elevator company, was one of the original stockholders and founders with the late G. E. Weissenburger of the Keokuk Electro Metals Company in 1916. For a number of years he was secretary and treasurer but later became vice president in charge of sales. He died September 25, 1941. Mrs. Dillon was a member of the First Church of christ, Scientist. Surviving are four sisters. Mrs. Ella Trinkle of Paoli, Ind., Mrs. Amanda Elrod of Paoli, Mrs. Effie Isom of Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Amy Scaritt of Pensacola, FL, a brother, Ralph Fullen, of French Lick and several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. John Wells of Indianapolis, Ind. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in DeJong's Funeral Home with Mrs. Jane DeVries as reader. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery
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