# 1 - - Printed in The Enterprise, January 9, 1975

MRS. HULDA DIXON FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE IN FREMONT

Mrs. Hulda A. Dixon passed away at the Dodge County Hospital on Monday, January 6th following a long illness.

She was born at Ft. Calhoun. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Ude Thaden. On October 26th, 1932, she was married to Fred K. Dixon. They lived many years in Washington County and moved to Dodge County in 1953. Following the death of her husband six years ago, she moved to Fremont and resided in the Yorkshire Apartments.

Survivors are four sisters: Sophie Stelzriede of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Helen Kay of Blair; Edith Puls of Arlington; Celia Haskins of Constantine, Michigan; and two brothers: Rinhart Thaden of Omaha and Rudy Thaden of Blair.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska. ~~~

FindaGrave #113378010 Funeral services will be held Friday, January 10th at the Presbyterian Church in Fremont (520 W. Linden). The Rev. John W. Swearingin will officiate. Burial will be in the Blair Cemetery.

The Sievers Funeral Home at Ft. Calhoun is in charge of arrangements.

# 2 - - published on January 15, 1975, source not given

SERVICES FOR HULDA DIXON CANCELLED BY SNOW STORM

Funeral services for Hulda Dixon, former Ft. Calhoun resident who has been living in Fremont, were postponed Friday by the blizzard which occurred that day.

Mrs. Dixon, age 66, was the widow of the late Fred Dixon who died in 1966.

She was born at Ft. Calhoun September 12, 1908 and grew up there. She was a graduate of Ft. Calhoun High School. After the death of her husband she moved to Fremont to make her home. She died January 6th at the Fremont Hospital. The couple had no children.

Mrs. Dixon was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Fremont and it was planned to hold services at that place. Interment was to be in Blair. Due to the blizzard which was raging that day, the services were cancelled and interment was made at the Blair cemetery Tuesday with graveside services only.

Mrs. Dixon is survived by Mrs. Sophie Stelzreid, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Mrs. Herman Kay, Blair; Mrs. Edith Puls, Arlington; and Mrs. Celia Haskins, Constantine, Michigan. There are two brothers, Rinehardt Thaden of Omaha and Rudy Thaden of Blair.

# 3 - - printed in The Enterprise, January 16, 1975

FUNERAL PARTY SLEPT ON COTS FROM JAIL CELLS

One of the stories coming out of the storm is that of Ft. Calhoun mortician Richard Sievers and members of a funeral group he was leading.

Sievers had made it to Blair with his hearse bearing the body of Hulda Dixon, former Ft. Calhoun resident. Mrs. Dixon was to be buried at Blair, but services were to be held at Fremont where she had lived in recent years.

A county snowplow broke the drifts for the hearse from Ft. Calhoun to Blair. But conditions were such that the funeral party had to give up the project here. Sievers realized he could not return to Ft. Calhoun so he went to the County Sheriff’s office at the courthouse.

Some members of the funeral party went to the homes of friends in Blair. Others called upon Sheriff Jim Kelley for help.

Kelley, who happened to be enjoying slack business at the jail, took the mattresses from the jail cots and arranged them in a basement hallway of the courthouse and four men from the funeral party slept there for the night.

The funeral services in Fremont were cancelled and the body was interred in the Blair cemetery Monday with graveside services.