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- [S142] Newspaper Article, Idaho State Journal (Pocatello, ID), 8 Jan 2002.
GOODING Verl Lyman Dixon, 89, of Gooding, Idaho, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2002, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho.
Verl was born November 9, 1912, at Fir Grove, Camas County, Idaho, to James H. and Sarah E. Dixon . He was educated in Camas County schools; he graduated from Camas County High School in 1931.
He married Elaine Edna Perry November 18, 1933, at Fairfield, Idaho. She preceded him in death August 30, 1994. He then married Grace Marie (Johnson) Poulsen April 22, 1995.
He was a farmer and a businessman in Gooding, Idaho for 26 years.
As a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he served as bishop of the Gooding and Gooding Second Ward for eight years.
He is survived by his wife, Grace; sons, Neal (Julia), of Bellevue, Wash., Glen (Jenny), of Mesa, Ariz., and Roy (Dixie), of Coalville, Utah; stepchildren, Peggy (Alan), of Richland, Wash., John (Jana) Poulsen of St. Anthony, Idaho, and Robert (Sheri) Poulsen of Idaho Falls, Idaho; 16 grandchildren, 66 great-grandchildren, 11 step-grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; brothers, Ralph Dixon , Dick Dixon and Ken Dixon ; and sisters, Leah Porter and Gwen Blomquist.
Funeral services will be held at the Gooding LDS Chapel at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, with Bishop Devin Rigby of the Gooding First Ward officiating. Burial will follow at the Wendell Cemetery. Friends may call at Demaray's Gooding Chapel between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2002, and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.
- [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 70608767).
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