Marion G. Dillon

My thoughts and prayers are with the whole Dillon family. I only learned of Mrs. Dillons passing in the Marcellus Observer, that I get each week by mail. They are far behind in delivery. I was friends with Kathy and Jane mostly. My favorite place to go on the way home from school and many other times was the Dillon home. I was always jealous of the big wonderful family as there was only my brother and I. No one was ever lonely or without something to do at the Dillon household. I...

Tom,Ed, Jimbo, Kate and all the Dillon "kids" - I am sorry that I learned so late of your Mom's passing. She was a great lady, and I have many fond memories of her and Ed Sr., as well, most associated with many years of softball games and the fun times that followed. The Alvord House was in the true sense a "sports bar" where the talk flowed as freely as the drinks, but your Mom kept the peace by coming by regularly to make sure everybody behaved themselves and respected others. I do...

Jim, Ed, Tom and all the Dillons,
I was so sorry to hear from my mother about your mom’s passing. Though I never really knew her I felt like I did. Growing up an only child I was always in awe of your big family and I know ‘Murn’ was at its heart.
You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Mary

Patti,

Although I never knew your mother, I know from working with you that she was a special "Mom". You and your family must be spending many hours reminiscing with many tears and laughs over stories that haven't been told for many years and they will be cherished for years.

Let's get together for lunch with the 'girls' when we get back home in the Spring.

My thoughts and prayers are with you all. God Be With You.

I have just glanced through the entries in the book, and I realized how many people have a happy memory connected with Mrs. Dillon - kids who played kick the can in the yard, who hung at the kitchen table after a basketball game, who chased each other around the cemetery and wound up in back of the AH - or who eventually bellied up to the bar for a legal alcoholic beverage of choice. She was a Marcellus icon - I cherish those memories of summer evenings in that yard. My warmest sympathies to...

Lynnie, Karen, Bonnie, Jane, Kate (Babe), Tom, Terry, Mike, Poosie, Ed, and Jimbo (my Godson),
Your Mom was the best. She treated me like one of the family. Waynie, she'd say with a smile and a little laugh. I recall one Saturday afternoon I walked in to see if anybody was around, and there she was with a shot glass in her hand and swishing something around in her cheek! She looked at and said, it's for my toothache and the whiskey dulls the pain! That was news to a 10 yr. old....

Dear Jane,
My deepest sympathies to you during this difficult time. I see that Norma may have found you.She told me about the possibility that this Guest Book may lead us to you after so many years. My thoughts are with you. God bless, Diane (Pellicciotti) Kone (Sylvan Beach, NY and Umatilla, FL)

To the Whole Dillon Family,I just received the news about your Mom's passing.My thoughts and prayers are with you all.She was one special Lady!!!! I'll never forget one night in the Alvord House back in 1974 after my brother Michael died, she took me by the hand,it was a beautiful August night and we went to the side yard and she asked me how I was? We sat and talked for 2 hours! She was a blessing to me that night.She was a wonderful woman and you were so blessed to have her.You're all in my...

Memories are flashing back at me right now about Mrs. Dillon and what a major part she was in making so many childhoods from Marcellus a wonderful memory. The Friday night kick the can or hide and seek games, the raiding of Terry's pajama parties with the girls that we would try to sneek into but not past the watchful eye of Mrs. Dillon. The extra plate should would always set even though she had a small army herself to feed. I can speak freely for so many that may not even know about her...