PERRYSBURG, OH: Marjorie Louise Dixon English, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, died in the early hours of February 1, 2015.
She was born January 21, 1914, in Londonderry, Ohio (Gillespieville) to Blanche Heath and Harry Jones Dixon, a descendant of the prominent Revolutionary War Quaker pacifist Simon Dixon (North Carolina).
Her great-great grandfather, Joseph Dixon, built a Grist Mill on Salt Creek near Londonderry, OH.
With her great sense of humor, strong grit, and huge determination, Marjorie lived through times both happy and sad, two World Wars and the rest of the 20th and early 21st Centuries.
Her father lost his farm in the 1930s Great Depression.
She was present when rural electrification telephone service came to Southern Ohio.
She hand pumped and carried water to wash laundry, hung it out to dry, brought it in sun-kissed in spring, summer, and fall and frozen stiff in the winter
. She ironed with "sad" flatirons that she heated on a coal stove.
She went from riding to school in a horse-drawn wagon to jetting across North America and Europe.
At age 14 she contracted scarlet fever, resulting in a loss of hearing that made her profoundly deaf. Her first hearing aid was a heavy battery pack worn on her back; she progressed to two powerful in-ear aids. She benefited from the great inventiveness of Americans all her life, and did her part to make the world better for others.
After her childhood and youth in Londonderry, with her older brother, Thomas Dixon, her younger siblings, Mary Dixon and Joseph Dixon (all of whom she outlived), she met Malcolm "Pete" English, who worked at the Max Fulks Insurance Agency in Chillicothe, Ohio.
They married in Covington, Kentucky in 1934 and she joined him at his family home in Huntington Township. It was a double, two-story log house on a hilltop; two cabins connected by a covered breezeway.
Her first three children (Charles Dixon, Mary Elizabeth, and Nancy Ellen) were born in Chillicothe, Ohio.
Her fourth child, Thomas Francis, was born in 1947 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. English joined a Toledo insurance company in 1943. Marjorie and the children followed, settling in a small rental house on Roachton Road near Perrysburg, Ohio where in later years he also ran his own agency with Marjorie's help.
Accompanying the family to Roachton Road was a beloved small terrier mix dog named Rags, rescued from the streets of Chillicothe, who lived 19 years.
Mrs. English and her husband "Pete" son of the Methodist Minister Charles Francis English who served numerous churches around the state of Ohio for many years became pillars of the Perrysburg First Methodist Church.
Raised a Quaker, Marjorie was baptized at age 30.
She served her church, including as kitchen supervisor for countless celebratory luncheons and dinners.
She and Mr. English also volunteered each year as voter monitors, welcoming voters to the polls and delivering ballots to the Wood County, Ohio Election Board at the end of each Election Day.
Marjorie sewed for herself and her children, planted huge vegetable gardens and canned and froze food to feed her growing family.
Her flower garden was her pride and joy and solace.
She shared her produce and cuttings from her flowers with her friends and family.
Her Tiger lilies, brought from Huntington Township, prosper in her children's gardens in Seattle, Washington, and Silver Spring, Maryland. Her roses flourished near her filled bird feeders. She was a voracious reader.
Her bookmark, still in the novel she was reading the day before she died, shows just a chapter to go.
Her love of history and pride in her forbears led Marjorie to donate a number of personal and family items to several museums. The Ross County Historical Society received family photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s; early photos of Gillespieville (Londonderry); and her graduation class photo and class pin from the former Liberty Township High School and other items. She traveled to Londonderry each August to attend the annual Jones Reunion, get-togethers of her paternal grandmother's descendants.
Marjorie's husband, Malcolm "Pete" English, died in 1987.
She lost her first born, Charles Dixon English, to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2007.
The rest of her children, Mary English Johnson, Nancy English Bleil and Thomas Francis English, are retired. She also left six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, all of whom loved her deeply.
This "ordinary woman," as she called herself, lived 101 years and 10 days.
We, her family, join her many friends to wish her a fond farewell
NOTE: Viewing will be from 4 -8 p.m., Saturday, February 21 at the Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 E S. Boundary St., Perrysburg, OH 43551.
The funeral will take place at First United Methodist Church in Perrysburg, Ohio, 43551, at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 22.
The family asks that gifts in memory of Marjorie Louise Dixon English be given to the church.
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Published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Feb. 8, 2015
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chillicothegazette/obituary..., a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, died in the early hours of February 1, 2015.
She was born January 21, 1914, in Londonderry, Ohio (Gillespieville) to Blanche Heath and Harry Jones Dixon, a descendant of the prominent Revolutionary War Quaker pacifist Simon Dixon (North Carolina). Her great-great grandfather, Joseph Dixon, built a Grist Mill on Salt Creek near Londonderry.
With her great sense of humor, strong grit, and huge determination, Marjorie lived through times both happy and sad, two World Wars and the rest of the 20th and early 21st Centuries. Her father lost his farm in the 1930s Great Depression. She was present when rural electrification telephone service came to Southern Ohio. She hand pumped and carried water to wash laundry, hung it out to dry, brought it in sun-kissed in spring, summer, and fall and frozen stiff in the winter. She ironed with "sad" flatirons that she heated on a coal stove. She went from riding to school in a horse-drawn wagon to jetting across North America and Europe.
At age 14 she contracted scarlet fever, resulting in a loss of hearing that made her profoundly deaf. Her first hearing aid was a heavy battery pack worn on her back; she progressed to two powerful in-ear aids. She benefited from the great inventiveness of Americans all her life, and did her part to make the world better for others.
After her childhood and youth in Londonderry, with her older brother, Thomas Dixon, her younger siblings, Mary Dixon and Joseph Dixon (all of whom she outlived), she met Malcolm "Pete" English, who worked at the Max Fulks Insurance Agency in Chillicothe, Ohio. They married in Covington, Kentucky in 1934 and she joined him at his family home in Huntington Township. It was a double, two-story log house on a hilltop; two cabins connected by a covered breezeway. Her first three children (Charles Dixon, Mary Elizabeth, and Nancy Ellen) were born in Chillicothe. Her fourth child, Thomas Francis, was born in 1947 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Toledo, Ohio.
Mr. English joined a Toledo insurance company in 1943. Marjorie and the children followed, settling in a small rental house on Roachton Road near Perrysburg, where in later years he also ran his own agency with Marjorie's help. Accompanying the family to Roachton Road was a beloved small terrier mix dog named Rags, rescued from the streets of Chillicothe, who lived 19 years.
Mrs. English and her husband "Pete" son of the Methodist Minister Charles Francis English who served numerous churches around the state of Ohio for many years became pillars of the Perrysburg First Methodist Church. Raised a Quaker, Marjorie was baptized at age 30. She served her church faithfully, including as kitchen supervisor for countless celebratory luncheons and dinners. She and Mr. English also volunteered each year as voter monitors, welcoming voters to the polls and delivering ballots to the Wood County Election Board at the end of each Election Day.
Marjorie sewed for herself and her children, planted huge vegetable gardens and canned and froze food to feed her growing family. Her flower garden was her pride and joy and solace. She shared her produce and cuttings from her flowers with her friends and family. Her tiger lilies, brought from Huntington Township, prosper in her children's gardens in Seattle, Washington, and Silver Spring, Maryland. Her roses flourished near her filled bird feeders. She was a voracious reader. Her bookmark, still in the novel she was reading the day before she died, shows just a chapter to go.
Her love of history and pride in her forbears led Marjorie to donate a number of personal and family items to several museums. The Ross County Historical Society received family photos from the late 1800s and early 1900s; early photos of Gillespieville (Londonderry); and her graduation class photo and class pin from the former Liberty Township High School and other items. She traveled to Londonderry each August to attend the annual Jones Reunion, get-togethers of her paternal grandmother's descendants.
Marjorie's husband, Malcolm "Pete" English, died in 1987. She lost her first born, Charles Dixon English, to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) in 2007. The rest of her children, Mary English Johnson, Nancy English Bleil and Thomas Francis English, are retired. She also left six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren, all of whom loved her deeply.
This "ordinary woman," as she called herself, lived 101 years and 10 days. We, her family, join her many friends to wish her a fond farewell, confident that she is at last in the welcoming embrace of the loving God whom she sought to serve all her life, and the loving arms of those who have gone before her.
NOTE: Viewing will be from 4 -8 p.m., Saturday, February 21 at the Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 E S. Boundary St., Perrysburg, OH 43551. The funeral will take place at First United Methodist Church in Perrysburg, Ohio, 43551, at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, February 22.
The family asks that gifts in memory of Marjorie Louise Dixon English be given to the church or to the Ross County Historical Society, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Feb. 8, 2015
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chillicothegazette/obituary...