Dixon, Frank

DIXON

Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 5/25/2011 at 13:41:03

Dixon, Frank –
Frank Dixon, 80, of Gowrie, passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Greene county hospital at Jefferson. He had been seriously ill for several weeks. He was a former Ringgold county resident, having been a farmer near Benton for a number of years.

He had been in the hatchery and Pioneer seed corn business at Gowrie until his recent retirement due to failing health.

Surviving are 4 sons, Glen of Mt. Ayr; Claude of Lenox; William of Paton and Francis of Gowrie; 3 daughters, Mrs. Hugh A. Smith of Grimes, Erma and Florence of Oakland, Calif.; 6 grandchildren and one great grandchild.

His wife and one daughter preceded him in death. Burial was at Gowrie. Mr. Dixon was the last and youngest of a large family.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, December 30, 1948