Virginia Tieman Dixon's Obituary
Virginia Tieman Dixon was born May 27, 1921 to Agho and Anna Tieman in Sedalia, MO, and died December 25, 2015 in Houston, TX. Virginia grew up in Arkansas City, KS and graduated from high school there. She attended Emporia State Teachers College and then graduated from the University of Kansas where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in journalism. She joined United Press Assns. (later United Press International) as a staff correspondent in the Kansas City, MO bureau. She also worked in UPI bureaus in Denver, CO, Cheyenne, WY, and Santa Fe, NM. She moved to Dallas with her family in 1954. Later she worked for nearly 15 years as a secretary/editor for the Dallas Area Association of Christian Churches (now North Texas Area). She retired in 1986. She was a long-time member of Casa View Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) where she was an elder emeritus and an adult Sunday School Class teacher. She also held many offices in the Christian Women’s Fellowship of the Christian Church on the local, area and regional levels. Virginia was a past-member of the Juliette Fowler Homes Board of Directors as well as a member of the Fowler Christian Apartments Board where she served two terms as president. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Judson (Jud) Dixon, and by her brother A. G. Tieman, Jr. In 2012, after 58 years in Dallas, she moved to University Place in Houston to be closer to family. She is survived by her son David J. Dixon and wife Debbie of Rochester, MN; daughter Dorann Dixon Blanke and husband Jim of Sugar Land, TX; four grandchildren, Matthew Blanke and wife Rachel, Elizabeth Blanke Moore and husband Christian, Laura Dixon Bremseth and husband Chris, and Emma Dixon; and great-granddaughter Evelyn Blanke. A memorial service will be held at Casa View Christian Church, 2230 Barnes Bridge Road, Dallas, TX 75228 at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 2, with Rev. Rick Truitt and Dr. Les Massey officiating. Private burial at Restland Memorial Park will precede the memorial service.
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