Peggy Dillon

Peggy Dillon, formerly of Medical Lake, died July 13, 2020 in McCall, Idaho. She was born to Bobby and Mildred (Pasley) Jones in July 1959 in Ephrata, Wash.

After graduating and working for a short time in Ephrata, she moved to the Spokane area, attended Spokane Falls Community College and worked in the legal profession for a short time. Peggy and her husband moved to Medical Lake where she had a small business training horses and giving riding lessons. She competed throughout the Pacific Northwest in three-day eventing trails where she won many awards but did it for the love of the sport.

After serious illness in 2008/2009 she was no longer able to pursue her riding or business and returned to complete her education. In 2014 she moved to Austin, Texas where she attended Concordia University. She graduated summa cum laude in 2017 with a degree in health care administration.

She moved to Montrose, Colo. and worked in the medical profession and enjoyed many of the outdoor sport activities available in Colorado. She had recently moved to Idaho.

She is preceded in death by her father; a brother, Larry Jones and her step-father, Lawrence Gerken. Peggy is greatly loved and survived by a special friend, Peter Briggs; her mother, Mildred Gerken; aunt, Barbara Fenton; her faithful dog, Pearl and numerous cousins and friends. Because of the coronavirus any memorial must be delayed to a later time.