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John Forest Dillon II

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John Forest Dillon II

Birth
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Death
9 Mar 1959 (aged 78)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 82
Memorial ID
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Member of the Class of 1904 at Yale.

In 1904 he entered the lumber business in Kansas City, but later moved to Topeka to engage in the oil business. In Topeka he helped organize the first American Red Cross Chapter in the State of Kansas and he was Red Cross Field Director at Camp Funston during World War I.

He was married,in 1904, to Olga Brown of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Dillon died in 1919, and two of their three children, John F. Dillon, 3d, and Margot Dillon Hoyt, also died before him.

He is survived by his son, Kenneth Price Dillon, of Reno, Nevada.

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Member of the Class of 1904 at Yale.

In 1904 he entered the lumber business in Kansas City, but later moved to Topeka to engage in the oil business. In Topeka he helped organize the first American Red Cross Chapter in the State of Kansas and he was Red Cross Field Director at Camp Funston during World War I.

He was married,in 1904, to Olga Brown of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Dillon died in 1919, and two of their three children, John F. Dillon, 3d, and Margot Dillon Hoyt, also died before him.

He is survived by his son, Kenneth Price Dillon, of Reno, Nevada.

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  • Created by: Oz
  • Added: Aug 12, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15304957/john_forest-dillon: accessed ), memorial page for John Forest Dillon II (20 Nov 1880–9 Mar 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15304957, citing Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Oz (contributor 46520830).