Larry Dixon

Surrounded by his family, Larry Franklin Dixon, age 80, and of Bloomfield, Iowa was called home by his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. He was born May 18, 1933 in Bloomfield, Iowa to Lester Clinton and Ruby Nona Rees Dixon. He married Sandra Lee Swank on August 23, 1959 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He attended Bloomfield schools, graduating in 1951. After graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Army, trained at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and served in South Korea as a surveyor in the 74th Combat Engineer Battalion. He graduated from Northeast Missouri State Teacher’s College in 1959 with a B.S. degree in Education and a M.A. degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1961. His education career began in Atlanta, Missouri and continued in Mesa, Arizona and Grinnell, Iowa where he retired as high school principal in 1993. In 1986 he was awarded Principal of the Year by the Iowa High School Press Association. After retiring he moved back to his home town of Bloomfield where he was involved in the Bloomfield United Methodist Church. He was a charter member of Bloomfield Main Street, and served as lieutenant governor of the State of Iowa for the Optimist Club and was an active member in the community. He had a passion for history and travelled extensively, visiting forty five states and fourteen countries. Larry is survived by his wife, Sandra Lee Dixon, his daughter, Rhonda (Mark) Mostovych and her children, Alexander, Sophia, and Stefan of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; Kevin Dixon of Hampton, Virginia; Randy (Kim) Dixon and his children Joshua, Jared, Jayden, and Jace of Bloomfield, Iowa; his brothers Dean and Jack Dixon of Bloomfield, Gene Dixon of Centerville, Iowa; and sister, Karen Rosengren of Plymouth, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his father, Lester Clinton Dixon, his mother, Ruby Nona Rees Dixon, his sister, Virginia Lee Dixon and his brother, William Joseph Dixon. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at United Methodist Church in Bloomfield with Reverend Kevin Gingerich officiating. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening from 5-7 at Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Iowa. A memorial has been established in his honor to the Davis County Dollars for Scholars, the Lewy Body Dementia Association, and the Bloomfield United Methodist Church.