Dixie J Dees

"Oh, little butterfly, Messenger of God,when I see you in the sky I cannot help but nod.You bring me respite from grief and despairevery time I see you sailing through the air." - Kathryn Poland God looked around his garden and saw her tired face. So he put his arms around her andclosed her weary eyes and whispered "Come with me to a peaceful place". With tearful eyes wewatched her mind go and saw her fade away, although we loved her dearly we could not makeher stay. A giving heart stopped beating, a hard-working mind at rest. God broke our hearts toprove to us he only takes the best. Our dear mother Dixie passed away in her sleep peacefully twelve days before her 86thbirthday on October 29th in Las Vegas. As the most important thing to her was family beingtogether, she was fortunate to have three generations around her in her last several years, andin the end, we all got to say our goodbyes. Dixie worked for the State of Nevada VocationalRehabilitation. She loved her work with the blind and deaf patients as they loved her as well.She retired in 2004 and then had the chance to travel with John and Traci throughout the USand Puerto Rico. She would reminisce about her summers spent picking beans for a penny perpound, in Oregon and stealing blackberries off of the bushes with her cousin, Joy. In her lifemusic, dancing, bowling, and old movies were her favorite pastimes, even as a child she wouldput on shows for family and friends and used the stage name Doris Day. She loved Ariel playingthe violin, Jakki's opera singing, and Myles baseball games. Dixie also thoroughly loved hermovie Mondays with Karen and Marie, they also formed a book club, sharing all types ofmysteries and romance. Mom was still reading until the last days of her life.Dixie always had a great love for butterflies, beginning as a child in Oregon, until the final yearsof her life. She would sit on Traci's front porch with her coffee and watch the butterflies andbunnies around the lantana flower bushes. Dixie( Mother, Sister, Grandma, and Great Grandma) will be sadly but fondly missed by thefriends and family she left behind. Her cousin Joy, her brother Kenneth Pino, her children Greg,Traci, and Kellie, and grandchildren Jacqueline Alexandria, Logan Thomas, Caitlin Marille, ArielNoel, Myles Patrick, and Peter Scott. Then her most adored newest additions aregreat-grandchildren Hunter Randolph, Melody Kay, and Kingsley Jay, and newest twins JesseJames & Michael Alistair. The meaning of a butterfly is so spiritually symbolic, butterflies are often sent from heaven byour loved ones. They come as a sign that their soul and spirit live on beyond the physical. So letus take our comfort with her as a butterfly, flitting and flying around us. Let us take a moment torejoice in the beautiful blue butterfly that watches over us all because we all know who she trulyis.Butterfly WingsLike a butterfly emergedAnd unfolds its graceful wings,A child grows and developsWith the love a mother brings.I'm thankful for the timesWhen you encouraged me to try,For God gave me my wings,But, Mom, you taught me how to fly.- Robin Fogle In loving memory, our memorial service will befor the immediate family.

Dixie J Dees

November 10, 1938 - October 29, 2024