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Floyd Dixon

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Floyd Dixon

Birth
Lyle, Mower County, Minnesota, USA
Death
12 May 1963 (aged 59)
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
Plot
9th addition lot 5 space 6
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From Find A Grave member: Merllene Andre Bendixen

Marion News
Floyd Dixon, 59, Is Dead; Rites Pending
Floyd Dixon, 59, of route 3, died Sunday evening in a Cedar Rapids hospital.

Born April 27, 1904, at Lyle, Minn., he moved to Cedar Rapids as a boy and lived in the Marion are for the last 22 years. He was married to Rowena Coon of Waterloo Aug. 24, 1942. Mr. Dixon was employed as a mechanic in the Marion rural school district. He served in the army during World war II.

Surviving are his wife, son, Robert Burgess of Cedar Rapids, and a daughter, Mrs. Noel Arbuckle of Savanna, Ill.; six grandchildren; two brothers, John of Oshkosh, Wis., and Claude of Cedar Rapids, and four sisters, Edna Anderson and Ruth Tanhoff of Estherville, Eva Thatcher of St. Paul and Mabel of Seattle.

Services are pending at the Murdoch chapel. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Tuesday. (Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, May 13, 1963)


Mrs. Edna Anderson returned home last night from Cedar Rapids and Marion where she was called Sunday, May 12 by the death of her brother, Floyd Dixon. Mr. Dixon died unexpectedly May 12 after having undergone surgery the night before. Mrs. Anderson’s daughter, Mrs. Claude Wayson of Waterloo, brought her home yesterday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 21, 1963)


Floyd Dixon Services Wednesday, May 15
Floyd Dixon, 59, of Rural Route 3, Marion, died at 11 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was born the son of James and Anna Elizabeth Colby Dixon April 27, 1904 at Lyle, Minn. He moved to Cedar Rapids as a boy and has lived in the Marion Community for the past 22 years.

On Aug. 24, 1942 he was married to Rowena Coon at Waterloo. Mr. Dixon was employed by the Marion Rural School as a mechanic. He served in the Army of the U.S. from Aug. 17, 1942 until June 17, 1944.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a son Robert Burgess of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Noel (Ruth) Arbuckle of Savanna, Ill.; six grandchildren, Susan Sally, Sheryl, Noel Allen and Michael Arbuckle, and Linda Burgess; two brothers, John of Oshkosh, Wis., and Claude of Cedar Rapids, and four sisters, Edna Anderson and Ruth Tanhoff, Estherville, Eva Thatcher, of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Thomas (Mabel) Elliott of Seattle, Wash.

Services were Wednesday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. at the Murdock chapel in Marion, conducted by Rev. Herbert G. Kohl. Burial was in Oak Shade cemetery. (Marion Sentinel, Marion, IA, May 22, 1963)
From Find A Grave member: Merllene Andre Bendixen

Marion News
Floyd Dixon, 59, Is Dead; Rites Pending
Floyd Dixon, 59, of route 3, died Sunday evening in a Cedar Rapids hospital.

Born April 27, 1904, at Lyle, Minn., he moved to Cedar Rapids as a boy and lived in the Marion are for the last 22 years. He was married to Rowena Coon of Waterloo Aug. 24, 1942. Mr. Dixon was employed as a mechanic in the Marion rural school district. He served in the army during World war II.

Surviving are his wife, son, Robert Burgess of Cedar Rapids, and a daughter, Mrs. Noel Arbuckle of Savanna, Ill.; six grandchildren; two brothers, John of Oshkosh, Wis., and Claude of Cedar Rapids, and four sisters, Edna Anderson and Ruth Tanhoff of Estherville, Eva Thatcher of St. Paul and Mabel of Seattle.

Services are pending at the Murdoch chapel. Friends may call at the chapel after 1 p.m. Tuesday. (Cedar Rapids Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IA, May 13, 1963)


Mrs. Edna Anderson returned home last night from Cedar Rapids and Marion where she was called Sunday, May 12 by the death of her brother, Floyd Dixon. Mr. Dixon died unexpectedly May 12 after having undergone surgery the night before. Mrs. Anderson’s daughter, Mrs. Claude Wayson of Waterloo, brought her home yesterday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, May 21, 1963)


Floyd Dixon Services Wednesday, May 15
Floyd Dixon, 59, of Rural Route 3, Marion, died at 11 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at a Cedar Rapids hospital. He was born the son of James and Anna Elizabeth Colby Dixon April 27, 1904 at Lyle, Minn. He moved to Cedar Rapids as a boy and has lived in the Marion Community for the past 22 years.

On Aug. 24, 1942 he was married to Rowena Coon at Waterloo. Mr. Dixon was employed by the Marion Rural School as a mechanic. He served in the Army of the U.S. from Aug. 17, 1942 until June 17, 1944.

Surviving in addition to his wife are a son Robert Burgess of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Noel (Ruth) Arbuckle of Savanna, Ill.; six grandchildren, Susan Sally, Sheryl, Noel Allen and Michael Arbuckle, and Linda Burgess; two brothers, John of Oshkosh, Wis., and Claude of Cedar Rapids, and four sisters, Edna Anderson and Ruth Tanhoff, Estherville, Eva Thatcher, of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. Thomas (Mabel) Elliott of Seattle, Wash.

Services were Wednesday, May 15, at 1:30 p.m. at the Murdock chapel in Marion, conducted by Rev. Herbert G. Kohl. Burial was in Oak Shade cemetery. (Marion Sentinel, Marion, IA, May 22, 1963)


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