Richard D. Dillon

PONTIAC -- Richard D. Dillon, 92, Pontiac, died at 1:55 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 19, 2011) at OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center, Pontiac.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Duffy-Baier-Snedecor Funeral Home, Pontiac, with the Rev. Lucia Oerter officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac, with full military rites. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Evenglow Lodge or Susan G. Komen For the Cure.

He was born Jan. 21, 1919, in Pontiac, son of Samuel "Paul" and Anna Penicook Dillon. He married Lois L. Johnson on Dec. 24, 1941, in Piper City. She passed on March 24, 1995.

Surviving are daughters, Beverly (John) Meyenberg, Summersville, S.C., and Mary Lynn (Pat) Toon, Pontiac; special friend, Roma Peterson, Pontiac; and grandchildren, William Lindsay, Philadelphia, Pa., and Beth (Jim) Lohman, Indianapolis, Ind.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife.

Richard had been an appliance service man for Livingston Service Co. for 27 years. He spent five years self-employed in the appliance business and eight years with Pontiac Correctional Facility, as a guard, retiring in 1980.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Pontiac, for more than 50 years, where he served as a deacon and an elder. Richard had been in the U.S. Army during World War II from Sept. 7, 1942 to Nov. 11, 1945, and was discharged with a rank of sergeant. He was a graduate of Pontiac Township School. He had been past worshipful master of Masonic Lodge in Pontiac.

Richard enjoyed the outdoors and camping and especially enjoyed visiting with friends.