Mrs.E.W. Dixon

DIXON, MACDOUGALL, DOUD, DARLING, MCDONALD, SMITH

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 7/7/2014 at 14:11:13

MRS. E. W. DIXON DIES SUDDENLY

Bringing Deep Bereavement on a Well-Known Davenport Home

A beautiful life was ended, and a home cast into the deepest grief, this morning, when Mrs. E. W. Dixon passed away, suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, from heart trouble following an illness, from grip. Mrs. Dixon had been troubled with a cold for a fortnight or so, with some symptoms of grip, but had not been ill enough to alarm herself or give an of her relatives or friends a premonition that their bereavement was so near. Monday afternoon she seemed better, but this morning she could not be roused, and between 6 and 7 o'clock, her spirit took its flight.

Mrs. Dixon's life had been a quiet one, but a help and a benediction to all who knew her well. Most of it had been spent in Davenport, and those who knew her, or the husband and children whose bereavement is so deep and so unexpected, will extend the most heartfelt sympathy to those who are so suddenly cast into mourning.

She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 3, 1835, her maiden name being Elizabeth MacDougall. Her father was a Congregational clergyman, and with him she came to Hamilton, Canada, in her youth. In 1856, at Guelph, Canada, she was married to Mr. Dixon, and in 1866 they came to Davenport. Mr. Dixon became a member of the firm of J. E. Dixon & Sons, consisting of the father, four brothers and a brother-in-law, engaged in the dry goods business at Second and Main streets, in the then Valla block, where the "Why?" store is now located. For years more recently, Mr. Dixon has been engaged in the coal business, devoting to it an energy and meeting with a success to which he was encouraged by the quiet and faithful woman whose companionship had been his inspiration for more than 50 years.

Mrs. Dixon was a member of the First Presbyterian church, and hers was a fine type of Christian character. She was the last of her family, their parents, brothers and sisters having all passed on before. Her husband and six children pay their tribute to her memory, the children being Mrs. H. A. Doud of Omaha, C. E. Dixon of San Diego, Cal., Mrs. C. T. Darling of Davenport, Mrs. L. P. McDonald of Toledo, 0., Mrs. C. E. Smith of Omaha, and H. M. Dixon of Cloquet, Minn.

The funeral arrangements are deferred until the absent relatives are conferred with, and will be announced later.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Tuesday, 11 February 1908. p. 10.

DIXON

A simple but impressive funeral service at the Fejervary apartment house marked the leave-taking of her relatives and most intimate friends of Mrs. E. W. Dixon, Thursday afternoon. Rev. Mott R. Sawyers read from the Scriptures and made some timely and pertinent comments on Mrs. Dixon's life and death, and Miss Elizabeth Nott and Miss Sue Nott sang "Asleep in Jesus," and "Peace, Perfect Peace." The service was of the quiet nature that fitted in with the life of her who had gone. A few final words preceded the burial at Oakdale. John L. Mason, C. C. McIntyre, W. H. Wilson, M. N. Richardson, Captain W. A. Blair and B. F. Tillinghast were the pallbearers.

Source: Davenport Democrat and Leader. Friday, 14 February 1908, p. 11.