Dolores Minna (Hefel) Dix

HEFEL, DIX, MCTAGGART, FREIHOEFER, HAMMEL, RAMPSON, FIRZLAFF, POWERS, CUMMER, YOUNGBLUT, NOEL, THEISEN, KOLTES, SIMON, RINIKER, MAIERS, SCHWIRTZ, HOWE, BROWN

Posted By: Barbara Gehlsen Nugent (email)
Date: 1/18/2014 at 13:09:16

The Telegraphj-Herald, Tuesday, July 15, 2003

Dolores M. Dix

Mrs. Leo M. (Dolores M.) Dix, 85, of 3067 N. Grandview Ave., died at 3:59 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Ghost Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St. where there will be the parish wake service at 4:30 p.m.

She was born on Feb. 23, 1918, in North Buena Vista, Iowa, daughter of Martin and Lucy (McTaggart) Hefel.

She married Leo M. Dix on Nov. 11, 1935, at Nativity Catholic Church, Dubuque; he preceded her in death on Jan. 3, 1992. She was a full-time wife, mother and homemaker.

Dolores was a member of Holy Ghost Parish. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, playing cards and camping, but her greatest joy was to be with her family.

Surviving are 10 daughters:
Pat (Art) Freihoefer
Joyce (Bob) Hammel
Jeanette (Dean) Rampson
Linda (Dick) Firzlaff
Judy Dix
Marilyn Dix
Carol (Joe) Powers all of Dubuque
Barbara (Lester) Cummer of Balltown
Shirley (Dan) Youngblut of Estherville, Iowa
Cheryl (Chuck) Noel, of Asbury, Iowa
and 5 sons:
Robert (Carlene) Dix of Lampe, Mo.
Ronald Dix of East Dubuque, IL.
Richard "Pup" (Pat) Dix
Bill (Patti) Dix and
Alan (Sue) Dix all of Dubuque
49 grandchildren
40 great-grandchildren;
a sister, Eileen Theisen of Manchester, Iowa
a son-in-law Robert Koltes of Asbury;
a daughter-in-law Sandi Dix, of Dubuque;
four sisters-in-law:
Iola Dix and Marion Hefel, both of Dubuque
Teresa Hefel of Guttenberg, Iowa and
Anna Hefel of East Dubuque,;
a brother-in-law, George Simon, of Farley, Iowa
a special friend, Maylo Riniker of Durango, Iowa
and nieces and nephews.

She also was preceded in death by two daughters, Mary Dix at birth and Dorothy Koltes; a son, Sgt. Daryl Dix, a grandson Douglas Freihoefer; four sisters, Helen Maiers, Anna Schwirtz, Mary Simon and Rita Howe Brown; and five brothers, Ralph, Joseph, Harold, Robert and LeRoy Hefel.

The family request no flowers. A Dolores M. Dix Memorial Fund has been established.