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IN MEMORIAM: John Dillenbeck, 74;

Marine, Retired Amphenol Employee

John C. Dillenbeck
John C. Dillenbeck

WEST ONEONTA – Funeral services for John C. Dillenbeck, 74, of West Oneonta at retired Amphenol employee, will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Westcott-Madden Funeral Home in Unadilla.

Mr. Dillenbeck died died Sunday, May 22, at Fox Hospital.

He was born on June 25, 1941, in Binghamton, to Harold and Leah (Nichols) Dillenbeck.  He married the former Viola M. (Brown) Butler on March 26, 1964.

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