Dixon, Edith Helen 1919-2016

DIXON, SHOOP, NOE, KLOOSTRA, BOGG, JILBERT, MELTZER, VAN ROEKEL, SMID, CLELLAND, SCHMIDT, STATES, HENRY, GUY, SMITH

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 7/19/2016 at 12:48:13

Edith Helen Dixon
July 14, 1919 - July 14, 2016

Edith Helen Dixon, of Monroe, passed away on Thursday, July 14, 2016 on her 97th birthday, at Comfort House if Pella. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Monroe, with burial following at Silent City Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Friday, July 22, 2016, at First Baptist Church from 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. The family will greet friends from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the First Baptist Church or the Monroe Fire Department. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com

The daughter of William F. Shoop and Mary Helena (Noe) Shoop. Edith was born on July 14, 1919, in Novinger, Adair County, Missouri. She was her father's and grandmother's faithful helper in caring for four younger siblings after her mother's death at a very young age. She was not able to finish school because of this. On September 5, 1937, she was united in marriage to Marvin L. Dixon who was a farmer near Green City, Missouri. Edith worked hard to care for her family and other relatives. In 1946, the family moved to Knoxville, Iowa and in 1955 to Monroe. Edith not only cared for her family but also worked as a cook/waitress at Washer City Café in Newton, Duncan's and Hattie's in Monroe. Edith's joy was in her family, especially her grandchildren and her neighbors, including five wonderful neighbors, Marlene, Jacki, Cindy, Angie, Kristy and Liz. She was such a caring person and had many friends, especially from congregate meals, Yuma, Arizona and at the Full Gospel Bible Camp in Florida.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Janice and Jerry Kloostra of Jackson, Michigan and Dale and Kristy Dixon of Monroe; a daughter-in-law, Fay (Bogg) Dixon of Amarillo, Texas; a brother, Lewis (Ema Lea) Shoop of Yuma, Arizona and a brother-in-law, Vernon and Sue Dixon in Dixon, Illinois. Also surviving are eight grandchildren, Pam and Jim Jilbert, Deb and Larry Meltzer, Lisa Dixon, Dana and Brent Van Roekel, Darrin and Loy Dixon, Dani and Randy Smid, Shane States and Stacy Schmidt; 14 great grandchildren, Mitch and Lyndsey Clelland, Brooke and Hannah Meltzer, Drake, Drew, Derek Van Roekel, Alexandra Dixon, Zach, Ava, Henry, and Cael Smid and Lindy States Henry and Haley States; and four great great grandchildren.

Preceding Edith in death were her parents, step mother, husband, Marvin in 2008, two infant brothers, Clyde William and Ezra; a sister, Marcille Bell Guy; brothers, Aaron Edwin (Shot down over Germany in WWII) and Harold Eugene; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; a daughter, Phyllis Smith in 1980; a son, Keith in 2008; and two grandchildren, Shawn Dixon and Connie States. ~ The Coburn Funeral Home, Colfax, Iowa 14 July 2016.