Glenn C. Dillon

January 2, 1935 - March 6, 2019

Glenn C. Dillon, age 84, of Huntington, died at 4:09 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Visitation will be from 3 - 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, 2019 at Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Huntington Church of the Brethren, 306 East Washington Street, Huntington, with Tim Troyer officiating. There will be an hour of visitation prior to the service. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory in Huntington County. Preferred memorials are to Huntington Church of the Brethren, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Glenn was born on January 2, 1935 in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of James C. and Alice Marie (Covert) Dillon. In 1953, he graduated from Lash High School in Zanesville and married Betty Louise Ethell on June 3, 1956 in Dresden, Ohio; she preceded him in death on June 22, 2011. Glenn served in the Ohio Army National Guard as a staff sergeant. He retired in 2008 from Ward Corporation in Fort Wayne after 15 years as an estimating engineer. Prior, he spent 30 years working at Magnetek as a senior manufacturing engineer; he had also worked at Chicago Transformer in Zanesville, Ohio. Glenn was a member of Huntington Church of the Brethren where he served as a deacon and taught adult Sunday school; he was also the Chairman of the Building and Grounds for the church. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking, and golfing, and he loved spending time with his family. Survivors include sons Robert E. (Charlotte) Dillon and Richard A. Dillon, both of Huntington, and Michael (Paula) Dillon of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Bernice (Donald) Sigrist of Zanesville, Ohio. Also surviving are grandchildren Chad Dillon, Jennifer Nevil, Melissa Brumley, Joshua Dillon, Jodi Byrd, and Nichole Heinkel, and 17 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, wife, sisters, Doris Smith and Fern Cash, and grandchildren Kristie Dennis and Jeff Dennis