Dixie Wilkinson passed away Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the University of Washington Medical Center after a 2 week battle with Leukemia.
Dixie was born to Cleo and Beulah Allen on December 2nd, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington.
She graduated from Wenatchee High School at the age of 16 and was the youngest ever to enter the Deaconess School of Nursing in Wenatchee. She graduated from the Deaconess when she was 19, and went to work as the night supervisor in the hospital.
In the summer of '47, she transferred to the Spokane Deaconess Hospital for a change of pace.
She married Robert C. Wilkinson, of Medical Lake, WA on October 28, 1947, and they returned to Wenatchee in 1948, where she went into duty as a private care nurse. Together they raised three children. She took evening shifts at both the Deaconess and the Eye and Ear Hospital for several years so she could be home with her children during the day.
Dixie later returned to the Deaconess Hospital where she worked for the next 23 years, the last 10 as Director of Nursing, before semi-retiring in 1976. After taking a year off, she later became the manager of the Weight Control Center until accepting the position of Director of Nursing Services at the Parkside Manor Convalescent Center where she worked until retiring, December 31, 1988.
Dixie served as president of the Washington State Nursing Association from 1968-1970. She also served on the board for 10 years, 4 years as secretary. In 1972, she received special recognition from the American Nursing Association and was named "Nurse of the Year" for Chelan and Douglas Counties in 1984. In 1987, she was listed in "Whose Who in American Nursing". One of the only things Dixie enjoyed more than nursing, was performing in theatre. She started singing during the war years in a trio that toured army bases in Moses Lake and Ephrata, copying the style of the Andrew Sisters. She also sang with the Ladies' Musical Club, The Choraliers, Four Times a Lady, and was a founding member of the Sweet Adeline's Chorus, now the Appleaires. Dixie has been an active member of Music Theatre of Wenatchee since 1964. Some of her favorite roles included: the maid, Hattie in "Kiss me Kate", where she was able to sing the musical's opening number, "Another Opening, Another Show", Mother Superior in "The Sound of Music", Bloody Mary in "South Pacific", and Mama Rose in "Gypsy.
She also greatly enjoyed volunteering after her retirement. She served a year as President of the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. She was also a member and past president of Kelawani Kiwanis. She enjoyed working with, and serving on the board of the Wenatchee Adult Respite Day Care Center, Home Health, YWCA and Mobile Meals. Dixie could always be found, in her pink jacket, working the Butterfly desk at the Central Washington Hospital every Thursday afternoon and working in the gift shop at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center every other Friday.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her son, Craig Wilkinson; and her grandson, Brad Snodgrass.
She is survived by her son, Scott (Leesa) Wilkinson, one daughter, Pam (Ron) Carden, both of Wenatchee; 7 grandchildren, Shari Snodgrass, Jacob Wilkinson, Jaime Wilkinson, Josh Theros, and Stephanie Carden, all of Wenatchee, Cassandra (Gary) Wells and Justin (Sarah) Wilkinson, both of Bremerton, Washington, a great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Wimberley of Wenatchee and her Aunt and Uncle, Claude and Edith McCullough of Leavenworth.
Commemoration services will be held Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at Telford's Chapel of the Valley with Chaplain Scott Langager officiating. Concluding services and Interment will follow in Wenatchee Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Music Theatre of Wenatchee Scholarship Program. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.
Dixie was born to Cleo and Beulah Allen on December 2nd, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington.
She graduated from Wenatchee High School at the age of 16 and was the youngest ever to enter the Deaconess School of Nursing in Wenatchee. She graduated from the Deaconess when she was 19, and went to work as the night supervisor in the hospital.
In the summer of '47, she transferred to the Spokane Deaconess Hospital for a change of pace.
She married Robert C. Wilkinson, of Medical Lake, WA on October 28, 1947, and they returned to Wenatchee in 1948, where she went into duty as a private care nurse. Together they raised three children. She took evening shifts at both the Deaconess and the Eye and Ear Hospital for several years so she could be home with her children during the day.
Dixie later returned to the Deaconess Hospital where she worked for the next 23 years, the last 10 as Director of Nursing, before semi-retiring in 1976. After taking a year off, she later became the manager of the Weight Control Center until accepting the position of Director of Nursing Services at the Parkside Manor Convalescent Center where she worked until retiring, December 31, 1988.
Dixie served as president of the Washington State Nursing Association from 1968-1970. She also served on the board for 10 years, 4 years as secretary. In 1972, she received special recognition from the American Nursing Association and was named "Nurse of the Year" for Chelan and Douglas Counties in 1984. In 1987, she was listed in "Whose Who in American Nursing". One of the only things Dixie enjoyed more than nursing, was performing in theatre. She started singing during the war years in a trio that toured army bases in Moses Lake and Ephrata, copying the style of the Andrew Sisters. She also sang with the Ladies' Musical Club, The Choraliers, Four Times a Lady, and was a founding member of the Sweet Adeline's Chorus, now the Appleaires. Dixie has been an active member of Music Theatre of Wenatchee since 1964. Some of her favorite roles included: the maid, Hattie in "Kiss me Kate", where she was able to sing the musical's opening number, "Another Opening, Another Show", Mother Superior in "The Sound of Music", Bloody Mary in "South Pacific", and Mama Rose in "Gypsy.
She also greatly enjoyed volunteering after her retirement. She served a year as President of the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. She was also a member and past president of Kelawani Kiwanis. She enjoyed working with, and serving on the board of the Wenatchee Adult Respite Day Care Center, Home Health, YWCA and Mobile Meals. Dixie could always be found, in her pink jacket, working the Butterfly desk at the Central Washington Hospital every Thursday afternoon and working in the gift shop at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center every other Friday.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her son, Craig Wilkinson; and her grandson, Brad Snodgrass.
She is survived by her son, Scott (Leesa) Wilkinson, one daughter, Pam (Ron) Carden, both of Wenatchee; 7 grandchildren, Shari Snodgrass, Jacob Wilkinson, Jaime Wilkinson, Josh Theros, and Stephanie Carden, all of Wenatchee, Cassandra (Gary) Wells and Justin (Sarah) Wilkinson, both of Bremerton, Washington, a great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Wimberley of Wenatchee and her Aunt and Uncle, Claude and Edith McCullough of Leavenworth.
Commemoration services will be held Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at Telford's Chapel of the Valley with Chaplain Scott Langager officiating. Concluding services and Interment will follow in Wenatchee Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Music Theatre of Wenatchee Scholarship Program. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.
Dixie Wilkinson passed away Saturday, October 9, 2004, at the University of Washington Medical Center after a 2 week battle with Leukemia.
Dixie was born to Cleo and Beulah Allen on December 2nd, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington.
She graduated from Wenatchee High School at the age of 16 and was the youngest ever to enter the Deaconess School of Nursing in Wenatchee. She graduated from the Deaconess when she was 19, and went to work as the night supervisor in the hospital.
In the summer of '47, she transferred to the Spokane Deaconess Hospital for a change of pace.
She married Robert C. Wilkinson, of Medical Lake, WA on October 28, 1947, and they returned to Wenatchee in 1948, where she went into duty as a private care nurse. Together they raised three children. She took evening shifts at both the Deaconess and the Eye and Ear Hospital for several years so she could be home with her children during the day.
Dixie later returned to the Deaconess Hospital where she worked for the next 23 years, the last 10 as Director of Nursing, before semi-retiring in 1976. After taking a year off, she later became the manager of the Weight Control Center until accepting the position of Director of Nursing Services at the Parkside Manor Convalescent Center where she worked until retiring, December 31, 1988.
Dixie served as president of the Washington State Nursing Association from 1968-1970. She also served on the board for 10 years, 4 years as secretary. In 1972, she received special recognition from the American Nursing Association and was named "Nurse of the Year" for Chelan and Douglas Counties in 1984. In 1987, she was listed in "Whose Who in American Nursing". One of the only things Dixie enjoyed more than nursing, was performing in theatre. She started singing during the war years in a trio that toured army bases in Moses Lake and Ephrata, copying the style of the Andrew Sisters. She also sang with the Ladies' Musical Club, The Choraliers, Four Times a Lady, and was a founding member of the Sweet Adeline's Chorus, now the Appleaires. Dixie has been an active member of Music Theatre of Wenatchee since 1964. Some of her favorite roles included: the maid, Hattie in "Kiss me Kate", where she was able to sing the musical's opening number, "Another Opening, Another Show", Mother Superior in "The Sound of Music", Bloody Mary in "South Pacific", and Mama Rose in "Gypsy.
She also greatly enjoyed volunteering after her retirement. She served a year as President of the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. She was also a member and past president of Kelawani Kiwanis. She enjoyed working with, and serving on the board of the Wenatchee Adult Respite Day Care Center, Home Health, YWCA and Mobile Meals. Dixie could always be found, in her pink jacket, working the Butterfly desk at the Central Washington Hospital every Thursday afternoon and working in the gift shop at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center every other Friday.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her son, Craig Wilkinson; and her grandson, Brad Snodgrass.
She is survived by her son, Scott (Leesa) Wilkinson, one daughter, Pam (Ron) Carden, both of Wenatchee; 7 grandchildren, Shari Snodgrass, Jacob Wilkinson, Jaime Wilkinson, Josh Theros, and Stephanie Carden, all of Wenatchee, Cassandra (Gary) Wells and Justin (Sarah) Wilkinson, both of Bremerton, Washington, a great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Wimberley of Wenatchee and her Aunt and Uncle, Claude and Edith McCullough of Leavenworth.
Commemoration services will be held Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at Telford's Chapel of the Valley with Chaplain Scott Langager officiating. Concluding services and Interment will follow in Wenatchee Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Music Theatre of Wenatchee Scholarship Program. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.
Dixie was born to Cleo and Beulah Allen on December 2nd, 1926, in Wenatchee, Washington.
She graduated from Wenatchee High School at the age of 16 and was the youngest ever to enter the Deaconess School of Nursing in Wenatchee. She graduated from the Deaconess when she was 19, and went to work as the night supervisor in the hospital.
In the summer of '47, she transferred to the Spokane Deaconess Hospital for a change of pace.
She married Robert C. Wilkinson, of Medical Lake, WA on October 28, 1947, and they returned to Wenatchee in 1948, where she went into duty as a private care nurse. Together they raised three children. She took evening shifts at both the Deaconess and the Eye and Ear Hospital for several years so she could be home with her children during the day.
Dixie later returned to the Deaconess Hospital where she worked for the next 23 years, the last 10 as Director of Nursing, before semi-retiring in 1976. After taking a year off, she later became the manager of the Weight Control Center until accepting the position of Director of Nursing Services at the Parkside Manor Convalescent Center where she worked until retiring, December 31, 1988.
Dixie served as president of the Washington State Nursing Association from 1968-1970. She also served on the board for 10 years, 4 years as secretary. In 1972, she received special recognition from the American Nursing Association and was named "Nurse of the Year" for Chelan and Douglas Counties in 1984. In 1987, she was listed in "Whose Who in American Nursing". One of the only things Dixie enjoyed more than nursing, was performing in theatre. She started singing during the war years in a trio that toured army bases in Moses Lake and Ephrata, copying the style of the Andrew Sisters. She also sang with the Ladies' Musical Club, The Choraliers, Four Times a Lady, and was a founding member of the Sweet Adeline's Chorus, now the Appleaires. Dixie has been an active member of Music Theatre of Wenatchee since 1964. Some of her favorite roles included: the maid, Hattie in "Kiss me Kate", where she was able to sing the musical's opening number, "Another Opening, Another Show", Mother Superior in "The Sound of Music", Bloody Mary in "South Pacific", and Mama Rose in "Gypsy.
She also greatly enjoyed volunteering after her retirement. She served a year as President of the Wenatchee Valley College Foundation. She was also a member and past president of Kelawani Kiwanis. She enjoyed working with, and serving on the board of the Wenatchee Adult Respite Day Care Center, Home Health, YWCA and Mobile Meals. Dixie could always be found, in her pink jacket, working the Butterfly desk at the Central Washington Hospital every Thursday afternoon and working in the gift shop at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center every other Friday.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; her son, Craig Wilkinson; and her grandson, Brad Snodgrass.
She is survived by her son, Scott (Leesa) Wilkinson, one daughter, Pam (Ron) Carden, both of Wenatchee; 7 grandchildren, Shari Snodgrass, Jacob Wilkinson, Jaime Wilkinson, Josh Theros, and Stephanie Carden, all of Wenatchee, Cassandra (Gary) Wells and Justin (Sarah) Wilkinson, both of Bremerton, Washington, a great-granddaughter, Nevaeh Wimberley of Wenatchee and her Aunt and Uncle, Claude and Edith McCullough of Leavenworth.
Commemoration services will be held Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. at Telford's Chapel of the Valley with Chaplain Scott Langager officiating. Concluding services and Interment will follow in Wenatchee Cemetery. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Music Theatre of Wenatchee Scholarship Program. Arrangements are by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.
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