The Van Buren News Eagle, Thursday, February 5, 1931
MELVIN DILLINGER DIED YESTERDAY
Melvin Dillinger, 39, of Grant County, died at his home north of here early Wednesday following a four-year illness. Mr. Dillinger was a former Converse resident and came here seven years ago and purchased the Polk Gardner farm.
Funeral services will be Sunday and burial will be in Converse Cemetery. Surviving are his widow and a sister, Mrs. Edith Garr of Bluffton.