John Luther Dildine

Graveside services for John Luther Dildine, 91, Olden, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, December 5, 2025, at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pomona, Missouri, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. 

Mr. Dildine passed away at 7:52 p.m., Sunday, November 30, 2025, at his home.

He was born January 1, 1934, at Newport, Arkansas, to Cegal Emerson Dildine and Mattie Dildine.  On June 13, 1964, he was married at Pocahontas, Arkansas, to Carolyn Paulette Lewis, who preceded him in death on June 10, 2006.  Mr. Dildine was a veteran, having served with the United States Marines.  For twenty years he lived in Wyoming where he worked in oil field construction and was a cowboy on a ranch.  John was very proud of his time as a cowboy and his military service.  He loved his family, especially his grandkids and great-grandkids.  He enjoyed hunting, fishing and working with animals.

He is survived by two children, Becky Hendon and husband, Louis and William (Bill) Dildine and wife, Kim; three grandchildren, Chad Sterling, Stephanie Grindstaff and Jonathan Dildine; four great-grandchildren, Destiny, James, Raylynn and Zaylee; and many nieces and nephews. 

His parents, wife, five sisters, Lizzie, Rosie, Dovy, Janie and Dorothy and two brothers, Jim and James, preceded him in death.  

Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Zion Cemetery, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.