Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — MRS. WILLIAM DIXIE DEAD [ARTICLE]

MRS. WILLIAM DIXIE DEAD

Passed Away of Heart Trouble Early Monday Morning. Mrs. William Dixie died at her home on South Weston street at 6:15 Monday morning. She had been in declining health for several months and began to fail rapidly about a week ago. Heart failure was the immediate cause of her death. Mrs. Dixie was born in Jasper county in 1850, and at the time of her death was 66 years of age. She was married in 1875 and was the mother of nine children, three of whom died in infancy and one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Gule, passing away in 1902. Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters, Mrs. F. W. Tobias, Mrs. Charles Shaw and Mrs. C. E. Osborne of Renselaer, and Mrs. Belle Nelson of Thermopolis, Wyoming, and one son Arthur of Kansas City, Mis* souri; two brothers, Thomas Thornton of Lafayette and John Thornton of Marion; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mrs. Dixie was a member of the Methodist church and a kind and loving wife and mother, and the memories of her life will be long cherished by those who knew her. Funeral services will be held at the family home at 2 o’clock this afternoon, and burial made in Weston cemetery.