St. Clair County Obits

KATHERINE F. DIXON
1913 – 2006

Chanute Tribune
15 February 2006
YATES CENTER - Katherine F. Dixon, 92, Yates Center, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006.
She was born Feb. 27, 1913, in Yates Center, the daughter of Vincent and Dora Stitcher Forquer. She grew up in Yates Center and graduated from high school there.
She was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening and baking, especially cinnamon rolls and bread.
On July 31, 1929, she married Carl Elvin Dixon. He died Oct. 6, 1982.
Survivors include a son, Larry Dixon, Van Buren, Ark.; a daughter, Peggy Ferree, Yates Center; and 10 grandchildren and several great- and great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Carl Dixon Jr., and two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the funeral home where memorials to Harry Hynes Hospice may be left. Burial will be in Yates Center Cemetery.
Campbell Funeral Home, Yates Center, is in charge of arrangements.