----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 07/ /1960

Dixon, Olive (1881 - 1960)

GREENWOOD--Mrs. Ernest Dixon, 78, died of a stroke Wednesday morning, July 13, 1960, at the Havenet Nursing Home in Owen, Clark County, where she had been a resident for the past several months.

The Rev. Gene Carlson will officiate at funeral services Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Grace Methodist Church. Burial will be made in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Frinds may call at the Hill Funeral Home from Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday, when the body will be taken to the church.

The former Olive Rand was born Sept. 2, 1881, in South Whitley, Ind. When she was 9 years old her parents came to Greenwood. She received her education here and was a member of the third class to be graduated from Greenwood High School in 1900.

She taught school in this area for many years and worked 10 years for the Register of Deeds.

She married Ernest Dixon May 17, 1911, in Neillsville. After their marriage they lived for a short time in Granton and then moved to Neillsville. In 1938 they began operating a farm three miles north of Greenwood. Her husband died in March 1954.

She was a member of the Grace Methodist Church.

She leaves one son, Donald Dixon, Greenwood a sister, Mrs. Alta Devos, Neillsville, and a brother, Paris Rank, El Dorado. There is one grandchild, Paul Dixon.

Preceding her in death were a son and two brothers.