Bill Eugene Dillon, 59, of Lagro, Indiana, died 11:42 pm, Thursday, May 6, 2021, at Parkview Wabash Hospital. He was born on September 16, 1961, in Wabash, to Robert and Loretta (Hunt) Dillon.
Bill married Cathy McCarty in Wabash on June 8, 2014. He was a truck driver for E&B Paving several years, and a volunteer fire fighter for Lagro Township Fire Department. Bill was a member of the Wabash Eagles Lodge #549, Lagro American Legion Post 248, and the Legion Riders. He was a little league coach in Lagro for 10 years and enjoyed hunting, riding motorcycles, and tinkering on motorcycles.
He is survived by his wife, Cathy Dillon of Lagro, four children, Natasha (Larry) Whitney of Wabash, Douglas Dillon of Mentone, Indiana, Robert (Leigha Carey) Dillon of Wabash, and Christopher (Carrie) Arnett of Fort Mitchell, Alabama; five grandchildren, Olivia Dillon, Kensleigh Whitney, and Octavia Dillon, all of Wabash, Adalynn Arnett and Lincoln Arnett, both of Fort Mitchell; mother, Loretta Dillon of Wabash; nine sisters and brothers, Faye (John) Dunnagan of Peru, Indiana, Ronald “Ronnie” (Dawn Wiist) Dillon of Lagro, Kim (Keith) Snyder of Urbana, Indiana, Jeff (Fern) Dillon of Silver Lake, Indiana, Kelly (Randy) Reahard of Lagro, Michele Dillon of Wabash, Lori (Dave) Harrell of LaFontaine, Indiana, Brad (Emily) Dillon of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Heather Daugherty of Wabash; and his longtime friend, Sam Norwood of Wabash. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert E. Dillon.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am, Friday, May 14, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Pastor Tim Prater officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 4-8 pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Cancer Services of Northeast Indiana, 6316 Mutual Drive, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46825.
The memorial guest book for Bill may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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