Dixie Young

Dixie Young, formerly of Winterset, died Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Iowa City. She was 80. A visitation with family present will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 11 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 12 at Ochiltree’s with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Madison County Health Trust and/or the Madison County Historical Museum. Dixie Kay Cline, daughter of Walter and Anna (Picken) Cline, was born January 7, 1937 in Winterset, Iowa. She attended country school in Madison County before attending public school in Winterset. Dixie was a talented basketball player and played on the varsity high school team for four years. She graduated in 1955 from Winterset High School and entered nursing training at St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids, graduating in 1958. In December 1958, Dixie married Robert M. Young in Winterset at the Presbyterian Church. She was the mother of three children, Brett, Sherry and Nathan. As an Air Force wife, Dixie spent thirty years living with her family at various Air Force bases, including three years in Zaragoza, Spain. She also practiced as a Civil Service nurse at various military installations and was a school nurse in Omaha. In 1989, upon her husband’s retirement from the Air Force, the family returned to Winterset where Dixie was employed by Farmers and Merchants State Bank. She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church where she served as an Elder, The Madison County Antique Association, The Madison County Historical Society and Progressive Study Club. Dixie was an avid basketball fan and also enjoyed cross-stitch, flower gardening and watching the birds enjoy her garden. Above all else, Dixie was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved any time spent with her family. Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 58 years, Robert Young of Winterset; three children, Brett (Shelly) Young of Omaha, NE, Sherry (Lou) Grabow of Aurora, IL, and Nathan (Heather) Young of Iowa City; two sisters, Beverly Harridge of South Bend, IN, Marilyn McNamara of Winterset; sister-in-law, Evelyn Cline of Mesa, AZ; twelve grandchildren; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother, Keller ‘Bud’ Cline, her sister and brother-in-law, Artis (Roger) Fenimore, and brothers-in-law, Robert Harridge and Patrick McNamara.