Grace S. Dixon Longtime Eureka schoolteacher
Grace S. Dixon died Friday, April 4, 1986 at Greenwood County Hospital. She was 83.
Miss Dixon worked in the elementary schools here for 50 years, first as a teacher and later as a principal. She retired in 1971 as the principal of Random Elementary School and May 2 of that year was honored by the community on what was observed as Grace Dixon Day. At a special program at Eureka High School, a program attended by more than 600 people, the soon-to-retire educator received several awards and heard her life story retold through a skit.
The daughter of Thomas and Sarah Boeliner Dixon, Miss Dixon was born July 11, 1902 in Leon. She attended the Quito grade school and graduated from Leon High School. She continued her education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Master of Arts degree.
Miss Dixon was active in the community and was a member of several professional organizations, including the National Education Association, the Kansas chapter of the N.E.A., the Greenwood and Elk County Retired Teachers Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter FR of the P.E.O., and the Entre Nous Study Club. She also belonged to Little Walnut Chapter No. 362 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Leon.
Miss Dixon attended Christ Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a brother, Charles T. Dixon, Leon; a sister, Nellie Bacon, Glendale, Calif.; a longtime friend, Erma Peterson, Eureka; five nephews, Frank Strait, El Dorado, John Coleman, Kansas City, Mo., Tom Dixon, Leon, Robert Dixon, Tucson, Ariz., and Charles R. Dixon, Leon; and six nieces, Frances Brown, Wichita, Alice Findley, La Crescenta. Calif., Joan Stroda, Hope, Dorthea Osborne, El Dorado, Carolyn Mickel, Chicago, Ill., and Margaret Ann Campbell, Fargo, ND.
The funeral service was held the afternoon of Monday, April 7, 1986 at Campbell Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Carey, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiated. Interment was in Quito Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Grace Dixon Scholarship Fund. Contributions can be left at the funeral home.
Published in the Eureka Herald
Note: bio info provided by Glenn Barrier #47283540
Grace S. Dixon died Friday, April 4, 1986 at Greenwood County Hospital. She was 83.
Miss Dixon worked in the elementary schools here for 50 years, first as a teacher and later as a principal. She retired in 1971 as the principal of Random Elementary School and May 2 of that year was honored by the community on what was observed as Grace Dixon Day. At a special program at Eureka High School, a program attended by more than 600 people, the soon-to-retire educator received several awards and heard her life story retold through a skit.
The daughter of Thomas and Sarah Boeliner Dixon, Miss Dixon was born July 11, 1902 in Leon. She attended the Quito grade school and graduated from Leon High School. She continued her education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Master of Arts degree.
Miss Dixon was active in the community and was a member of several professional organizations, including the National Education Association, the Kansas chapter of the N.E.A., the Greenwood and Elk County Retired Teachers Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter FR of the P.E.O., and the Entre Nous Study Club. She also belonged to Little Walnut Chapter No. 362 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Leon.
Miss Dixon attended Christ Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a brother, Charles T. Dixon, Leon; a sister, Nellie Bacon, Glendale, Calif.; a longtime friend, Erma Peterson, Eureka; five nephews, Frank Strait, El Dorado, John Coleman, Kansas City, Mo., Tom Dixon, Leon, Robert Dixon, Tucson, Ariz., and Charles R. Dixon, Leon; and six nieces, Frances Brown, Wichita, Alice Findley, La Crescenta. Calif., Joan Stroda, Hope, Dorthea Osborne, El Dorado, Carolyn Mickel, Chicago, Ill., and Margaret Ann Campbell, Fargo, ND.
The funeral service was held the afternoon of Monday, April 7, 1986 at Campbell Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Carey, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiated. Interment was in Quito Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Grace Dixon Scholarship Fund. Contributions can be left at the funeral home.
Published in the Eureka Herald
Note: bio info provided by Glenn Barrier #47283540
Grace S. Dixon Longtime Eureka schoolteacher
Grace S. Dixon died Friday, April 4, 1986 at Greenwood County Hospital. She was 83.
Miss Dixon worked in the elementary schools here for 50 years, first as a teacher and later as a principal. She retired in 1971 as the principal of Random Elementary School and May 2 of that year was honored by the community on what was observed as Grace Dixon Day. At a special program at Eureka High School, a program attended by more than 600 people, the soon-to-retire educator received several awards and heard her life story retold through a skit.
The daughter of Thomas and Sarah Boeliner Dixon, Miss Dixon was born July 11, 1902 in Leon. She attended the Quito grade school and graduated from Leon High School. She continued her education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Master of Arts degree.
Miss Dixon was active in the community and was a member of several professional organizations, including the National Education Association, the Kansas chapter of the N.E.A., the Greenwood and Elk County Retired Teachers Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter FR of the P.E.O., and the Entre Nous Study Club. She also belonged to Little Walnut Chapter No. 362 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Leon.
Miss Dixon attended Christ Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a brother, Charles T. Dixon, Leon; a sister, Nellie Bacon, Glendale, Calif.; a longtime friend, Erma Peterson, Eureka; five nephews, Frank Strait, El Dorado, John Coleman, Kansas City, Mo., Tom Dixon, Leon, Robert Dixon, Tucson, Ariz., and Charles R. Dixon, Leon; and six nieces, Frances Brown, Wichita, Alice Findley, La Crescenta. Calif., Joan Stroda, Hope, Dorthea Osborne, El Dorado, Carolyn Mickel, Chicago, Ill., and Margaret Ann Campbell, Fargo, ND.
The funeral service was held the afternoon of Monday, April 7, 1986 at Campbell Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Carey, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiated. Interment was in Quito Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Grace Dixon Scholarship Fund. Contributions can be left at the funeral home.
Published in the Eureka Herald
Note: bio info provided by Glenn Barrier #47283540
Grace S. Dixon died Friday, April 4, 1986 at Greenwood County Hospital. She was 83.
Miss Dixon worked in the elementary schools here for 50 years, first as a teacher and later as a principal. She retired in 1971 as the principal of Random Elementary School and May 2 of that year was honored by the community on what was observed as Grace Dixon Day. At a special program at Eureka High School, a program attended by more than 600 people, the soon-to-retire educator received several awards and heard her life story retold through a skit.
The daughter of Thomas and Sarah Boeliner Dixon, Miss Dixon was born July 11, 1902 in Leon. She attended the Quito grade school and graduated from Leon High School. She continued her education at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree and later a Master of Arts degree.
Miss Dixon was active in the community and was a member of several professional organizations, including the National Education Association, the Kansas chapter of the N.E.A., the Greenwood and Elk County Retired Teachers Association, Delta Kappa Gamma, Chapter FR of the P.E.O., and the Entre Nous Study Club. She also belonged to Little Walnut Chapter No. 362 of the Order of the Eastern Star in Leon.
Miss Dixon attended Christ Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a brother, Charles T. Dixon, Leon; a sister, Nellie Bacon, Glendale, Calif.; a longtime friend, Erma Peterson, Eureka; five nephews, Frank Strait, El Dorado, John Coleman, Kansas City, Mo., Tom Dixon, Leon, Robert Dixon, Tucson, Ariz., and Charles R. Dixon, Leon; and six nieces, Frances Brown, Wichita, Alice Findley, La Crescenta. Calif., Joan Stroda, Hope, Dorthea Osborne, El Dorado, Carolyn Mickel, Chicago, Ill., and Margaret Ann Campbell, Fargo, ND.
The funeral service was held the afternoon of Monday, April 7, 1986 at Campbell Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Carey, pastor of Christ Lutheran Church, officiated. Interment was in Quito Cemetery.
A memorial has been established to the Grace Dixon Scholarship Fund. Contributions can be left at the funeral home.
Published in the Eureka Herald
Note: bio info provided by Glenn Barrier #47283540
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