Robert Donald Dixon

IN MEMORY OF
ROBERT D. DIXON

BORN
December 3, 1918 ~ Belle Plaine, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
November 14, 2005 ~ Sheldon, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Friday, November 18, 2005
United Methodist Church, Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. Marvin Lindley ~ officiating
VISITATION
Thursday, November 17, 2005 after 2:00PM
With the family present from 6:30 – 8:00PM
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home ~ Sheldon

CONGREGATIONAL HYMN
“Bringing in the Sheaves”
MUSIC
“What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
“The Old Rugged Cross”
“How Great Thou Art”
Sung by: Heidi Nissen
Organist: Barb Burns

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Guy Eccles Deane Gunderson
Merlyn Gahring Gordon Mennen
John Cain John Spies
CASKET BEARERS
Craig Nissen David H. Crew
Thomas Dixon Dean Duitscher
William Winkleblack William McIntyre

FINAL RESTING PLACE
East Lawn Cemetery ~ Sheldon, Iowa
Military Graveside Services by the:
Sheldon American Legion

After today’s service, relatives and friends are invited to
join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home, Sheldon, Iowa

ROBERT D. DIXON

Robert Donald Dixon, the son of Robert C. and Bess (Blinkinsop) Dixon, was born December 3, 1918 in Belle Plaine, Iowa. He attended school in Belle Plaine and graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1935. He also graduated from Belle Plaine Business School and the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin. Bob started his banking career in Galt, Iowa. He then joined the United States Navy and served during World War II. Robert was united in marriage to Janet E. Crew on August 12, 1944 in Vinton, Iowa. After the service he returned to Iowa to continue working in banking. He worked in Clarion, Stratford and finally at the Rolfe State Bank from 1951 until 1995, when they moved to Sheldon, Iowa. Bob continued to remain on as the Chairman of the Board for both the Rolfe State Bank in Rolfe and the Citizens State Bank in Sheldon until the time of his death. He passed away on Monday, November 14, 2005 at the Northwest Iowa Health Center – Senior Care in Sheldon, Iowa, reaching the age of 86 years, 11 months and 11 days.
While living in Rolfe, Bob was a past and very active member of the United Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He was the past president and longtime member of the Rolfe Lions Club and was a school board member of the Rolfe Community School System. He was one of the founding members of the Iowa Independent Bankers Association and was currently a Director Emeritus of that group. He was an avid golfer, and was the past Club Champion (numerous times) at the Rolfe Golf Club and for the Pocahontas County Tournament. In Sheldon he was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Prairie Queen Kiwanis.
Robert leaves to cherish his memory, his wife, Janet of Sheldon, Iowa; a son and his wife, Robert J. “Rob” and Bonnie Dixon of Sheldon, Iowa; and a daughter, Teresa A. Dixon of Edina, Minnesota; two grandchildren and their spouses, Heidi and Craig Nissen and Robert W. and Elizabeth Dixon; two great-grandchildren, Parker and Carter Nissen; three sisters, Alice and her husband, Merlyn Gahring of Vinton, Iowa; Roberta and her husband, Lloyd Saunders of Monmouth, Iowa and Reatha Kluser of Lebanon, Oregon; also other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, and two brothers, Gerald in infancy and William Dixon.