A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922.
James Tuller Dill
James Tuller Dill, 76, died peacefully April 29, 2021, with his family and cherished cat nearby. He was happy, he said, in the days preceding his eventual deep sleep.
Jim was born January 27, 1945, in Long Branch, New Jersey, on the eve of the country’s optimistic post-World II boom years. He was the essence of the front end of the Baby Boomers curious, innovative, inventive, ready to explore and create a new world.
He appreciated his education, and stretched his intellect in many directions. He loved his first schools Rumson Country Day and Cardigan Mountain School (He graduated from that New Hampshire school in 1961; his favorite memories included clearing ski trails in the woods, snowy winters, and being Senior Class President), and eventually attended Deerfield Academy, graduating from that school in 1966.