VINTON:  Dixie L. (Boyles) Bierschenk age 71, passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at her home in Marion.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, August 14, 2023, at the Phillips Funeral Home (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton.  Interment will be held at St. John Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 9:00 until 10:45 AM at the funeral home.

Dixie was born on April 17, 1952, in Vinton, the daughter of Howard and Geraldine (Halgren) Boyles.  She graduated from Shellsburg Community High School with the class of 1970.  Dixie was united in marriage to Niles Bierschenk at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall and the couple later divorced.  Dixie worked as a medical technologist and C.N.A.

Dixie loved playing cards and enjoyed the outdoors, especially gardening.  Her greatest joy however were her grandchildren, whom she dearly loved.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Michelle Bierschenk of Cedar Rapids, Trisha Bierschenk of Newhall; 3 grandchildren, Brannen Hudson of Cedar Rapids, and Ethan, and Andrew Hudson of Newhall; 4 sisters, Beverly (Richard) Schwarting of Williamsburg, Glenda Ferguson of Marion, Cheryl (John) Dlouhy of Marion, Joyce (Richard) Wyckoff of Urbana; brother-in-law Jerry Cook of Urbana; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Marcia Cook, Rosemary Boyles, Roseann Olmstead, Bonnie Doehrmann; brother, Gary Boyles; 2 nephews, Mark and John Cook; and her niece Jennifer Ferguson.

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