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Dolores Keairns Hixson 1928-2013 b. Lawrence County, Ohio

Dolores Keairns Hixson 1928-2013 b. Lawrence County, Ohio

Posted: 16 May 2013 1:07PM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Edited: 16 May 2013 1:09PM GMT
Surnames: Griswold
Dolores E. Hixson

NEW PHILADELPHIA: Dolores E. Hixson, 85, of New Philadelphia, Ohio passed on Monday, May 13, 2013, following a period of declining health.

Born in Ironton, Ohio (Lawrence County) on March 29, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Orville and Dora E. (Griswold) Keairns.

Dolores graduated from Chillicothe High School in 1945, and continued her formal education at Bliss College where she learned secretarial skills.

Dolores married her lifelong companion of nearly 68 years on July 30, 1945 in the Tabernacle Baptist Church at Chillicothe.

During World War II, Dolores worked as a civilian secretary at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.

She then continued her employment at Walter Reed Hospital during and after the war.

Dolores then worked at the Ross County Recorder's Office in Chillicothe and was a secretary at Union Scioto Schools. In 1966, the couple moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio where Dolores worked at the former L & K Restaurant alongside her husband, ultimately completing her formal employment with the Tuscarawas County Recorder's Office where was the Recorder for 12 years.

Her family includes her husband, Richard; her children, Bill (Linda) Hixson of The Plains, Ohio, Nancy (Jim) Lusher of Gallipolis, Ohio, Bob (Vickie) Hixson and Tom Hixson, both of New Philadelphia; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Joyce (Arthur) DeVore of Chillicothe, OH.

Visitation will be held in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home & Crematory at New Philadelphia on Friday, May 17, 2013 from 2 to 4 p.m.
A graveside service will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. in Grandview Cemetery at Chillicothe.



Those wishing to do so may send the family a personal condolence and light a candle in remembrance of Dolores by visiting the funeral home website at www.GeibCares.com.




Published in the Chillicothe Gazette on May 16, 2013
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