Arlene 'Rusty' Dillon

Arlene Ruth Dillon, also known as Rusty, has gone to be with her Heavenly Father on May 25, 2014 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Public visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at 3:00 p.m. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers to make a donation to the Iowa River Hospice Home or to Shoes That Fit. She finally lost her battle with cancer and is now pain free. She was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Jim Dillon, her mother and father, Lula (Seagle) and Oscar Johnson, a sister Hazel Brown, a twin sister, Darlene, an infant daughter, LaVon Marie Wegman and grandson Scott Eubanks. She is survived by her children: Diana (Sam) Kay Razouk, Judith (Larry) Rae Tow and Terry Van Wegman, nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and five sisters and brothers. Rusty retired from Northwestern Bell after 23 years of service. She sang on the radio station in Fremont, Nebraska with her sister Anna Mae. She also sang in many Marshalltown area nursing homes. Her two biggest achievements were being the mother of three children and having two CD recordings. Rusty grew up in Fremont, Nebraska, lived in Tennessee, Arizona and Texas but her heart was in Iowa where she lived for 66 years.