Miss Dillon was forty-three years of age and was born in Missouri. She was the first pupil to graduate from the high school in McCune, Kansas and made a remarkable scholarship record during her course there. Later she became a teacher in the same school.
Following this she taught at Iola, Kansas until she came to California. For the past six years she has been teaching in the Los Angeles public schools. She was a very successful teacher and her demise is mourned by a great many friends.
Her mother, Mrs. E.A. Dillon of this city, three sisters Mrs. Mary A Gemmill (sic Gemmell) of Claremont, Mrs. Nannie J. Campbell Pomona and Mrs. Lida E. Brown of Azusa, an uncle, councilman David Ewart of Pomona, and an aunt, Mrs. Nettie C. Ewart, also of Pomona, survive her.
Transcribed from The Pomona Progress, Pomona, California, 10 Jul 1920, Sat. pg 4.
Note: Sometimes Dillon is spelled as Dillin in the articles about Anna and her family.
Miss Dillon was forty-three years of age and was born in Missouri. She was the first pupil to graduate from the high school in McCune, Kansas and made a remarkable scholarship record during her course there. Later she became a teacher in the same school.
Following this she taught at Iola, Kansas until she came to California. For the past six years she has been teaching in the Los Angeles public schools. She was a very successful teacher and her demise is mourned by a great many friends.
Her mother, Mrs. E.A. Dillon of this city, three sisters Mrs. Mary A Gemmill (sic Gemmell) of Claremont, Mrs. Nannie J. Campbell Pomona and Mrs. Lida E. Brown of Azusa, an uncle, councilman David Ewart of Pomona, and an aunt, Mrs. Nettie C. Ewart, also of Pomona, survive her.
Transcribed from The Pomona Progress, Pomona, California, 10 Jul 1920, Sat. pg 4.
Note: Sometimes Dillon is spelled as Dillin in the articles about Anna and her family.
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