Grace Dixon Black, 96, of Boise, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at her home.
Grace Ladean Dixon was born August 25, 1914 in Sublette, Wyoming, the eldest daughter of Thomas William Dixon and Mary Ann Stevenson Dixon. She grew up in the coal mining areas of Utah and Wyoming with her younger siblings, Dorothy, Gladys and Clifford. Eventually the family settled in Salt Lake City where Grace graduated from South High School.
On February 17, 1934 she married Glen Stanley Black. The couple was introduced by Stans' cousin, Georgia Jakeman. Soon after relocating to Las Vegas their first child, Mitzi Ladean, was born Dec. 3,1934. After work on the Hoover Dam ended, the family returned to Salt Lake City where son, Glen Richard, Oct. 19, 1937, daughter, Norma Kay, July 10, 1939, and son, Donald Ray, July 15, 1949, joined the family.
The couple would reside in Salt Lake, except for the war years when they moved to Los Angeles where Stan worked as a welder in the shipyards and Grace worked for Douglas Aircraft. Summer of 1956 brought a move to Battle Mountain, NV, where they built and operated the Big Chief Motel for 10 years, before selling the property in 1966. They would spend the next three years traveling from Alaska in the north as far south as Panama.
Soon Grace and Stan decided to return to work, purchasing a motel in Woodland Hills, California in 1970. They built a home in Clearfield, UT, where they didn't spend as much time as hoped because of the time needed in California to oversee the operation of the Best Western Aku Aku.
Grace lost her partner, Stan, on March 24, 1973. She would continue living in Clearfield while helping her oldest son Glen operate the motel in addition to his other business interests.
Grace had seven grandchildren: Debbie, Terri, Bruce, David, Annette, Celeste and Brian; 13 great-grandchildren: Marcie, Nicole, Miles, Gabe, Taylor, Morgan, Amanda, Kaitlin, Meagan, Cory, Cameron, Cody and Carson; and one great-great-grandchild, Kayden.
Grace left our family February 16, 2011 to be reunited with her husband, Stan, and daughter, Norma.
Grace Ladean Dixon was born August 25, 1914 in Sublette, Wyoming, the eldest daughter of Thomas William Dixon and Mary Ann Stevenson Dixon. She grew up in the coal mining areas of Utah and Wyoming with her younger siblings, Dorothy, Gladys and Clifford. Eventually the family settled in Salt Lake City where Grace graduated from South High School.
On February 17, 1934 she married Glen Stanley Black. The couple was introduced by Stans' cousin, Georgia Jakeman. Soon after relocating to Las Vegas their first child, Mitzi Ladean, was born Dec. 3,1934. After work on the Hoover Dam ended, the family returned to Salt Lake City where son, Glen Richard, Oct. 19, 1937, daughter, Norma Kay, July 10, 1939, and son, Donald Ray, July 15, 1949, joined the family.
The couple would reside in Salt Lake, except for the war years when they moved to Los Angeles where Stan worked as a welder in the shipyards and Grace worked for Douglas Aircraft. Summer of 1956 brought a move to Battle Mountain, NV, where they built and operated the Big Chief Motel for 10 years, before selling the property in 1966. They would spend the next three years traveling from Alaska in the north as far south as Panama.
Soon Grace and Stan decided to return to work, purchasing a motel in Woodland Hills, California in 1970. They built a home in Clearfield, UT, where they didn't spend as much time as hoped because of the time needed in California to oversee the operation of the Best Western Aku Aku.
Grace lost her partner, Stan, on March 24, 1973. She would continue living in Clearfield while helping her oldest son Glen operate the motel in addition to his other business interests.
Grace had seven grandchildren: Debbie, Terri, Bruce, David, Annette, Celeste and Brian; 13 great-grandchildren: Marcie, Nicole, Miles, Gabe, Taylor, Morgan, Amanda, Kaitlin, Meagan, Cory, Cameron, Cody and Carson; and one great-great-grandchild, Kayden.
Grace left our family February 16, 2011 to be reunited with her husband, Stan, and daughter, Norma.
Grace Dixon Black, 96, of Boise, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at her home.
Grace Ladean Dixon was born August 25, 1914 in Sublette, Wyoming, the eldest daughter of Thomas William Dixon and Mary Ann Stevenson Dixon. She grew up in the coal mining areas of Utah and Wyoming with her younger siblings, Dorothy, Gladys and Clifford. Eventually the family settled in Salt Lake City where Grace graduated from South High School.
On February 17, 1934 she married Glen Stanley Black. The couple was introduced by Stans' cousin, Georgia Jakeman. Soon after relocating to Las Vegas their first child, Mitzi Ladean, was born Dec. 3,1934. After work on the Hoover Dam ended, the family returned to Salt Lake City where son, Glen Richard, Oct. 19, 1937, daughter, Norma Kay, July 10, 1939, and son, Donald Ray, July 15, 1949, joined the family.
The couple would reside in Salt Lake, except for the war years when they moved to Los Angeles where Stan worked as a welder in the shipyards and Grace worked for Douglas Aircraft. Summer of 1956 brought a move to Battle Mountain, NV, where they built and operated the Big Chief Motel for 10 years, before selling the property in 1966. They would spend the next three years traveling from Alaska in the north as far south as Panama.
Soon Grace and Stan decided to return to work, purchasing a motel in Woodland Hills, California in 1970. They built a home in Clearfield, UT, where they didn't spend as much time as hoped because of the time needed in California to oversee the operation of the Best Western Aku Aku.
Grace lost her partner, Stan, on March 24, 1973. She would continue living in Clearfield while helping her oldest son Glen operate the motel in addition to his other business interests.
Grace had seven grandchildren: Debbie, Terri, Bruce, David, Annette, Celeste and Brian; 13 great-grandchildren: Marcie, Nicole, Miles, Gabe, Taylor, Morgan, Amanda, Kaitlin, Meagan, Cory, Cameron, Cody and Carson; and one great-great-grandchild, Kayden.
Grace left our family February 16, 2011 to be reunited with her husband, Stan, and daughter, Norma.
Grace Ladean Dixon was born August 25, 1914 in Sublette, Wyoming, the eldest daughter of Thomas William Dixon and Mary Ann Stevenson Dixon. She grew up in the coal mining areas of Utah and Wyoming with her younger siblings, Dorothy, Gladys and Clifford. Eventually the family settled in Salt Lake City where Grace graduated from South High School.
On February 17, 1934 she married Glen Stanley Black. The couple was introduced by Stans' cousin, Georgia Jakeman. Soon after relocating to Las Vegas their first child, Mitzi Ladean, was born Dec. 3,1934. After work on the Hoover Dam ended, the family returned to Salt Lake City where son, Glen Richard, Oct. 19, 1937, daughter, Norma Kay, July 10, 1939, and son, Donald Ray, July 15, 1949, joined the family.
The couple would reside in Salt Lake, except for the war years when they moved to Los Angeles where Stan worked as a welder in the shipyards and Grace worked for Douglas Aircraft. Summer of 1956 brought a move to Battle Mountain, NV, where they built and operated the Big Chief Motel for 10 years, before selling the property in 1966. They would spend the next three years traveling from Alaska in the north as far south as Panama.
Soon Grace and Stan decided to return to work, purchasing a motel in Woodland Hills, California in 1970. They built a home in Clearfield, UT, where they didn't spend as much time as hoped because of the time needed in California to oversee the operation of the Best Western Aku Aku.
Grace lost her partner, Stan, on March 24, 1973. She would continue living in Clearfield while helping her oldest son Glen operate the motel in addition to his other business interests.
Grace had seven grandchildren: Debbie, Terri, Bruce, David, Annette, Celeste and Brian; 13 great-grandchildren: Marcie, Nicole, Miles, Gabe, Taylor, Morgan, Amanda, Kaitlin, Meagan, Cory, Cameron, Cody and Carson; and one great-great-grandchild, Kayden.
Grace left our family February 16, 2011 to be reunited with her husband, Stan, and daughter, Norma.
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