Betty Dixon
1925 - 2016
Obituary
Betty J. Dixon, 90, died Saturday (Jan. 2, 2016) at the
Greenhouse of Asbury Park in Newton.
She was born on January 6, 1925, in Newton, the daughter of
James and Flossie Howard Gillmartin. Betty attended Newton schools, graduating
from Newton High School in 1943.
She went to work for Southwestern Bell Telephone.
She married Delmar Leon Dixon on May 1, 1947, in Newton.
After her sons were raised, Betty went to work at the ALCO Store and Ardison
Interiors in Newton. They moved to Moundridge in 1973. There she worked as a waitress
at the Country Kitchen for many years. Betty enjoyed being a volunteer at the
Pine Village Nursing Home in Moundridge. She moved to Asbury Park in Newton in
August, 2015.
Betty was an avid bowler and golfer, she shot a Hole In One
at Echo Hills Golf Course. She loved to spend time with her grandchildren and
great grandchildren. She had been attending the Hopefield Mennonite Church in
Moundridge.
Survivors include her two sons Jesse Dixon of the home in
Moundridge and James Dixon and his wife Sue of Sedgwick, Ks.; nine
grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren;
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Leon on
February 18, 1990; and sister Vera Mae Rueckert.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Friday (Jan. 8, 2016)
at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton. Interment will be in the
Greenwood Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home Thursday from 1 to 8
p.m. where the family will receive friends between 7 and 8 p.m.
Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.
