Janet Eleanore (Crew) DIXON

DIXON, CREW, BROWN, NISSEN, MCINTYRE, CULLMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/22/2015 at 15:03:55

April 28, 1920 --- February 7, 2013

Janet Eleanore Dixon was born April 28, 1920 to Calvin and Bertha Crew in Jordan’s Grove, Iowa. She graduated from Vinton High School in Vinton, Iowa. After attending Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa she taught in a one-room school house in Benton County, Iowa. Janet married Robert D. Dixon on August 12, 1944 in Vinton, Iowa. They eventually settled in Rolfe, Iowa for 44 years where her husband was in banking and they moved to Sheldon in 1995. She passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the Sanford Senior Care in Sheldon reaching the age of 92 years, 9 months and 9 days.

She was a member of the Sheldon United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and P.E.O. She loved music especially playing piano and organ. She enjoyed volunteering at the elementary school.

Janet is survived by her daughter, Teresa Dixon of Edina, Minnesota and her son, Robert J. “Rob” and his wife, Bonnie Dixon of Sheldon, Iowa; two grandchildren, Heidi (Chad) Brown of Sheldon, Iowa and Rob (Lizzy) Dixon of Des Moines, Iowa; three plus one soon to–arrive great grandchildren, Parker and Carter Nissen and Louie Dixon; sisters, Betty McIntyre of Ft. Dodge, Iowa and Lenore Cullman of Long Beach, California; brother, David (Olive) Crew of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. Janet was preceded in death by her husband, Bob on November 14, 2005; her parents and two brothers.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JANET E. DIXON
BORN April 28, 1920
Jordan’s Grove, Iowa
PASSED AWAY February 7, 2013
Sheldon, Iowa

VISITATION
From 9:30 A.M. until time of service
Monday, February 11, 2013
United Methodist Church; Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
11:00 A.M. Monday, February 11, 2013
United Methodist Church; Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Marvin Lindley ~ Officiating

CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
“Jesus Loves Me”
“Holy, Holy, Holy"

MUSIC
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
“The Old Rugged Cross”
“How Great Thou Art”
Sung by: Heidi Brown

Organist: Barb Burns

CASKET BEARERS
Robert J. “Rob” Dixon, Robert W. Dixon, Parker Nissen, Bill McIntyre

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery
Sheldon, Iowa

After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the United Methodist Church. Arrangements under the care of the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home; Sheldon, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes that memorials be directed to: Sanford Home, Health and Hospice and the Sheldon United Methodist Church Music Ministry

http://www.vanderploegfunerals.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1957924&fh_id=10259

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[Her husband, Robert Donald Dixon was a banker in Galt and Clarion, Wright County, Iowa]