"RIP Dean...you were a great neighbor to have across the street! You & Lela were always so kind to the kids & myself! I will always remember you sitting outside watching Justin play basketball in the driveway or watching all the neighborhood kids play up & down the street. When you lost your leg, you just got on your scooter & tooled around the neighborhood to visit. Whenever we talked you always asked about the kids, where they were & how they were doing...that always meant so much to me! Yoder Drive will never be the same...you will be missed!"
In loving memory of
Clair Dean Tillotson
March 30, 1930 - November 15, 2014
Mr. Clair Dean Tillotson, 84, of Burlington, died at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Great River Medical Center - Klein Unit.
Born March 30, 1930 in Creston, he was the son of Raymond Alfred and Pearle B. (Brown) Tillotson. He married Lela Kemper.
Mr. Tillotson was a Burlington High School graduate and a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a steamfitter for Union Local #212, retiring in 1992.
Mr. Tillotson was of the protestant faith and a member of the V.F.W.
Survivors include his wife, Lela Tillotson of Burlington; son, Dennis (Patricia) Tillotson of Victoria, Texas; daughter, Karen (Garry) Lewis of Elizabeth, Colorado; step daughter, Patricia O'Dell of Marion; five grandchildren; one great grandchild; and one brother, Richard (Doris Ann) Tillotson of Henderson, Nevada.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, one daughter in infancy, one brother and two sisters.
The graveside funeral service and interment for Mr. Tillotson will be 11 a.m. Friday, November 21st, in Greenwood Cemetery with the Rev. David Mixon officiating.