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"I enjoyed working with everyone on this project." - Dave Sirak
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This Memorial Reef Ball was deployed on August 16, 2018.
Latitude 27° 11.820' Longitude 80° 05.539 in the Donaldson Site
Water Depth 45 feet, Depth to Structure 39 feet
Kerry loved his work and during a speech once we heard him say that when he was under water, in the silence and beauty that surrounded him, he felt totally at peace; as though he were closer to God than at any other time. We hope now that he has found that deep ocean and that he will float in God’s grace. He will always be in our memories.
Video of the deployment: https://youtu.be/IurMWGKPXsI
article by Ed Killer, Treasure Coast Newspaper & TCPalm.com
May 2018
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Kerry Dillon passed away at home on Monday, June 12, 2017.
We were shocked and deeply saddened by Kerry’s sudden passing. He was a good husband and father to his children and a good friend. He loved his work and during a speech once we heard him say that when he was under water, in the silence and beauty that surrounded him, he felt totally at peace; as though he were closer to God than at any other time. We hope now that he has found that deep ocean and that he will float in God’s grace. He will always be in our memories.
Our very good friend will be seriously missed by all who knew him, most especially all of us with the MCAC Reef Builders. We loved Kerry, who was always there to help with his incredible enthusiasm for life and all things ocean and diving.
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Letter to Florida Artificial Reef Colleagues from Keith Mille
This year In honor of Kerry Dillon, who passed away suddenly a week before the Lionfish Roundup, Sea-Life Improvement Project has created the "Kerry Dillon Junior Angler Award" which will be awarded to the junior angler with the Most Lionfish.
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"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." Kelen Keller
To Kerry’s Friends,
I grew up in the same neighborhood with Kerry in Middletown NJ. He lived across the street. We did everything together including getting our diving certifications when we were in our teens. We even had a little diving company when we were in High School. We would recover items lost overboard at local marinas, replace props, cleaned and inspect hulls. He was in my wedding party. I just was with him this past November and did a couple of artificial reef dives with him on the Treasure Coast (Ancient Mariner, Berry Patch, Sea Emperor and the United Caribbean). He will always been in my heart and memory as a great friend!
Attached are pictures of us growing up! David Rosenthal
Oh, I love it! This totally captures Kerry's spirit.
Divers loved diving with Kerry – on the surface and underwater.
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Photos from Lisa Mongy of an incredible dive trip Kerry organized back in August 2013 to the U.S.S. Muliphen, AKA-61 was commissioned in 1944 as a type C-2 cargo vessel. Became an artificial reef on January 21, 1989. Coordinates: 27°24.331′N 80°00.337′W
Muliphen Reef, Fort Pierce, Florida
Video of this Muliphen dive event by Michael C. Barnette: HERE
