Dixie Lyn (Lester) PAVELKA

PAVELKA, LESTER, DOCKWELL, BRUENING, DUFFEY, TARVIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2007 at 13:51:23

May 6, 2004

Dixie Pavelka, 50, of Britt died Friday, April 30, 2004, after succumbing to her most recent bout with cancer. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 4th at the United Methodist Church in Britt. Private family burial was held at the Evergreen Cemetery in Britt.

Dixie Lyn Lester was born on June 14, 1953 in Clarion, the daughter of Kenneth and Hazel (Dockwell) Lester. She was baptized and confirmed at the First Methodist Church in Clarion and attended school in Clarion. She moved to Britt in 1971 and worked various jobs over the years and for the past six years was an employee of Winnebago Industries of Forest City. She was active in various organizations including Jaycees, Britt Hobo Day activities and Relay for Life in Cerro Gordo County.

Dixie is survived by two sons, Jason and wife, Kristy of Britt and Nathan of San Diego, California; mother, Hazel Lester of Belmond; two brothers, Gary Lester of Red Feather Lake, Colorado and Kent Lester and wife, Sandy of Fort Collins, Colorado; three sisters, Linda Bruening and husband, David of Annapolis, Maryland, Renae Duffey and husband, Michael of Tucson, Arizona, Debra Tarvin and husband, Mark of Fort Collins, Colorado; four grandchildren; nieces and nephews; aunts and uncles; and former husband, Jerry Pavelka. Dixie was preceded in death by her father and grandparents.

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