Memorial services for Lawrence “Larry” Dillon, age 69, of Hay Springs, NE will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Chamberlain Chapel in Chadron, NE with Dr. Russ Seger officiating. 

Inurnment will be held at a later date in Blunt, SD.

A memorial has been established for the Hay Springs Ambulance Fund. Donations may be sent to Chamberlain Chapel, PO Box 970, Chadron, NE 69337.

Online condolences can be made at www.chamberlainchapel.com.

Honorary pall bearers are Penny LaRoche, Pete Maldanado, Ed Copola, and Don Medich.

Larry passed away on December 31, 2018 at Chadron Community Hospital in Chadron, NE. He was born on January 7, 1949 in Pocahontas, VA to Dewey & Ruby (Hess) Dillon. As a child, he lived in Circleville, OH. In 1958, he moved to Ogallala, NE, where he graduated from high school in 1966. He later studied criminal justice at Chadron State College before being employed by the Nebraska State Patrol Narcotics Division. 

In 1966, he married Pat Arnold, and to this union, two children were born, Thim and Debbie. In 1992, he married Pam (Hillmer) Murphy and later adopted her four children. Through Pam’s work, they lived in multiple places, including Pierre, SD, Ogden, IA, Aberdeen, SD, Crescent City, CA, Klamath Falls, OR, Fairbanks, AK, and Kailua-Kona, HI, before finally settling in Hay Springs, NE in 2014.

Larry enjoyed volunteering in pawn shops and studying antiques and history. When physically able, Larry also enjoyed volunteering with Northern Coast Marine Mammal Center in Crescent City. His most recent four-legged companion was “Little Man,” his English bulldog that rarely left his side for the past seven years.

Survivors include wife Pam of Hay Springs, NE; daughters Kandi Merrill of Sioux Falls, SD and Amee (Travis) Diers of Hay Springs, NE; sons Thim Dillon of Broken Bow, NE, Greg Murphy of Harrold, SD, and Jay Dillon of Harrold, SD; and grandchildren Alexander Merrill and November, Conner, and Addison Diers. He was preceded in death by his parents, aunt Mary Smith, and infant daughter Debbie. 

Chamberlain Chapel of Chadron is in charge of arrangements for Lawrence “Larry” Dillon.