Charlene Faye Dixson

Charlene (Sponseller) Dixson was born Sept. 24, 1925, in Alliance, Ohio, and died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, in Cuyahoga Falls. She graduated from Alliance High School in June 1943, after which she became a "Rosie the Riveter" to aid in America's war effort. She spent 40 years deeply researching her and her husband's genealogies. She discovered one of her ancestors' 1700s Bible containing handwritten family records of two generations, the eldest a Revolutionary War veteran, and had the documentation published. She presented completed family group sheets to many libraries, where further researchers might find them, taking each family back to their immigration to America, many families prior to the American Revolution. Charlene was a Brownie Scout leader when her daughters were of the proper age, and her memberships through the years included chapters in the Daughters of the American Revolution in Martinez, Calif., Alliance, Ohio, and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, with nine ancestors proven to have aided in the cause of liberty; Newcomers Clubs in Lorain, Ohio, Boardman, Ohio, and Plymouth, Mich.; Mothers of Twins Club, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio (mid and late 1950s); and Women's Clubs in Alliance, Ohio, Downers Grove, Ill., and Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, helping these organizations to the best of her abilities. Charlene was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Thelma (Nogle) Sponseller. Her husband of 52 years, Wilbur C. Dixson Jr., was deceased in 2002. She is survived by her twin daughters, Susan Lee (Mrs. Brian Borrell) and Sandra Dixson; granddaughter, Kathleen Anne Borrell; brother, Harold P. Sponseller (Barbara); and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, at Redmon Funeral Home, 3633 Darrow Road, Stow. Cremation has taken place; a private memorial service and burial at Fairmount Memorial Park will take place at a later date. The family would like to express their deepest appreciation to the loving, dedicated caregivers and nurses at The Gardens of Western Reserve and to the Summa emergency room and hospice nurses. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any memorials please be donated to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation, P.O. Box 5018, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5018.

Charlene Faye Dixson

January 31, 2013