Eloise W. Dixon

peacefully on January 20, 2011. She was born on September 25, 1915 in

Morley, MO, to Charles A. and Ella M. Tomlinson Stallings. Eloise grew up on

Fairview, the family’s cotton farm, graduated from Morley High School, and in

1937 received her BS in education from Southeast Missouri State University.

She taught business education in Missouri at Fredericktown High School and

later at Jennings Senior High School in the St. Louis suburbs. Following her

teaching career, she and her husband Stanley moved to Harlingen, TX, in the

Rio Grand Valley, where she lived in retirement some 30 years. In 2003 she

moved to Oklahoma City, and in October, 2010, to Mequon, WI. Eloise loved

to travel, and between 1996 and 2002 she visited Hawaii, Panama, the UK,

Portugal, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Holland, Germany,

Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. She is preceeded in death by Stanley, her

husband of 60 years, her siblings Tharon, Alden, Kenneth and Camille Stallings,

and Eloise’s daughter, Carolyn Dixon Cornelius Willis (John). She is survived by her

son, Shelby Keith Dixon (Janet) of Mequon; grandchildren, Wells Cornelius of

New York City, Brett James Cornelius (Sandy) of Nashville, Julie Cornelius

Haller (Rick) of Oklahoma City, Charles Dixon of Nashville, Jeffrey Dixon

(Stacy) of Evanston, IL, and Theresa Dixon Carter (Thomas) of Mequon; great

grandchildren Preston, Sam, Clare and David Cornelius, Rye and Jazmin Haller,

and William Jeffrey Dixon. Interment to be in Fredericktown, MO, next to her

late husband, Stanley. A memorial gathering to include extended family is

planned for a future date. Memorial contributions may be made to the

Mequon-Thiensville School District Orchestra Parents, Inc, 5000 W Mequon

Road, Mequon, WI 53092.