delete us from your mail list On 7/05/2011 4:24 PM, Charmaine Researcher wrote: > Page 14 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 The Queensland Times > > > Norman Dixon remembered for his enduring service. > > Coominya enriched by Iife-long oontribution > > COOMINYA is poorer for the passing of Norm Dixon but it will be forever richer > for his life-long work and family leadership. Mr Dixon passed away at Tabeel > Home in Laidley on March 27. He was 92. He had four children, nine > grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren. Mr > Dixon was born to Walter and Ruby Dixon on July 3, 1918 at Kangaroo Point in > Brisbane. Along with his three brothers and sisters, Mr Dixon's family moved to > Coominya in 1924. The children completed their schooling there. After he > finished school, Mr Dixon joined his father and brothers in the timber industry. > During the war years, Mr Dixon ran a firewood-cutting mill and the wood was > taken by train to Brisbane. He also joined the home guard and trained in his > spare time at Brassall. Mr Dixon met up with former school friend Gladys > Friedrick and the couple married on January 27, 1945. They settled in Coominya > and had four children — Ron, Shirley Pam and Mervyn. In the late fifties, Mr > Dixon found the demand for firewood began to slow as electric stoves became more > popular. He decided to close the mill and bought a cream run in Boonah. > Unfortunately the weather played a part as Queensland went through a severe > drought. After three years Mr Dixon and his wife sold the house and run in > Boonah and moved back to Coominya, and eventually bought their old house back. > Mr Dixon returned to the timber business, cutting timber which was trucked to a > mill outside Ipswich. Ron and Merv followed their dad into the industry, and he > worked in the bush until he was 65 when he cut his foot severely with a > chainsaw. After a bone graft Mr Dixon recuperated over many months and returned > to the bush. At 68 he retired but found he wasn't happy with retirement and > began working on farms. Gladys passed away when Norm was 75. He continued to > live in the family home with son Merv and eventually retired at 84. He loved > spending his spare time walking his dogs, exploring areas around Coominya. > > Peter Foley > > > Archives - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-QLD-SE-Germans.html > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor netiquette. Please don't do it. > > A List for the research for the descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-QLD-SE-GERMANS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message