This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson, Dixon, Brevick Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/404 Message Board Post: The Idaho Statesman, 1/31/02 \ A long time resident of Glenns Ferry, D. 'Dee' Dixon Anderson, died January 29, 2002 after a long illness at the Gooding Rehab and Living Center in Gooding, Idaho. Dee was 83 at the time of his death. He lived a very full, active, wonderful life with family and community. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, February 2nd at Summers Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel in Mt. Home, with graveside services to follow at Glenn Rest Cemetery in Glenns Ferry. Dee was born October 18, 1918 at Benida, in Franklin County, Idaho, the youngest child of Lorenzo and Etta Dixon Anderson. He was raised in the Preston area, working with his brothers, Verm and Glenn, and sister LaRue in their businesses in Rupert and Burley following graduation from Preston High School. It was while working in Burley that Dee met his wife of 56 years, Virginia Brevick Anderson. Dee and Virginia relocated to the Wood River Valley in 1951 and ranched in the area for several years, before arriving in! Glenns Ferry in 1957. Dee bought and managed the Ernest Eichols Ranch for many years, along with other farms in the area. Dee retired from ranching in 1984. Dee was active in community events and organizations including being a founding member of the Three Island Riding Club, and a long time supporter of area 4-H clubs. Dee served several years with the King Hill Irrigation District Board, and was a member of the Elk's Lodge in Mountain Home. Dee was a loving father and kind hearted man, always willing to lend a hand to a friend or neighbor in need. Dee is survived by his wife, Virginia; his daughter, Karen Barber, Houston, Texas, daughter, Lenora and son-in-law, Michael Herndon, Qunicy, Calif., daughter, Christine Anderson (Pfister), Boise, Idaho, daughter, Teresa and son-in-law, Don Jarvis, Laramie, Wyo., and his son, Dean Anderson and daughter-in-law, Christine, Ft. Worth, Texas. Grandchildren include Mallory Barber, Emily and Michael B. Herndon, Airman 1st Class Scott P! fister and Brian Pfister, Nicole and Katie Anderson, and Charlie Jarvis. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time at 11 a.m. on Saturday, at Summers Funeral Homes, McMurtrey Chapel Memorial may be made in Dee's name to the Three Island Senior Center, 502 E. Cleveland Ave., Glenns Ferry, Idaho 83623