This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dillon, Smith, Blanton Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/545 Message Board Post: The Standard-Examiner, Sun, Aug 4, 2002 OGDEN - Martha Lorene Smith Dillon, age 92, passed away peacefully July 31st, 2002 surrounded by her family at the Mt. Ogden Care Center. Martha was born March 26, 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of John Wesley and Madge Blanton Smith. She married Chester Warren Dillon June 29, 1934 in Pleasant View, Weber Co., Utah. The marriage was later solemnized in the L.D.S. Salt Lake Temple. He died January 17, 1967. Her early childhood was spent in Salt Lake, Clifton Idaho, Sweetwater Texas and Amarillo Texas. Her education was obtained in Idaho, Texas and Logan, UT. She was a member of the L.D.S. 3rd Ward, Mt. Lewis Stake. She was active in the Primary, Relief Society, Sunday School and Young Women"s Organizations. Martha had been a member of the Ogden Chapter of the Sweet Adelines. She had logged many hours as a Pink Lady volunteer at McKay-Dee Hospital, had worked at the Ogden Green Stamp Store, at the Defense Depot Ogden, retiring from there in December 1974. She had also worked at St. Benedict"s Hospital in Community Relations until August 1987. Martha is survived by her children, Paul W. and Donna Dillon, So. Ogden, UT; Rowena R. and William Parry, Riverdale, UT; Warren L. and Pat Dillon, Riverdale, UT; L. Lu Juana and Martin Saunders, Roy, UT; Mona R. Dillon, Seattle, WA; Wendell M. Dillon, Ogden, UT; and Marvin L. and Silvia Dillon, West Valley, UT; one brother, Gilbert Smith, Albany OR; 24 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, one son-in-law, and one grandchild. In lieu of flowers the family requests donation to the Primary Children"s Hospital, 100 No. Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84113. Graveside services will be held on Monday, August 5, 2002 at 1 p.m. at the Ben Lomond Cemetery, 526 E. 2850 N, North Ogden, Utah, under the direction of Myers Mortuary in Ogden.