Obituary of Anna Margaret Dixon

Anna Margaret (Ann) Dixon, 99 years old, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and recently of Crown Point, Indiana, took the gracious hand of God and passed away on January 26, 2017, in the loving presence of her family and friends in Crown Point, Indiana. Anna M. Dixon was born Anna Margaret DiCocco, in Chicago, Illinois, to Mr. and Mrs. Divina Maria (Donatelli) and Nazarreno DiCocco on December 22, 1917. Anna was a first-generation American. Her mother emigrated from Abruzza, Italy, and her father, who was born in Rome, Italy, emigrated from Manchester, England. Anna and her family moved to Pittsburgh when she was five years old. Anna went on to graduate from George Westinghouse High School. Her career led her to become a production supervisor in the Civil Service Division of the United States Navy during WWII. After the war ended, Anna married her sweetheart, Edward Leo Dixon, on February 7, 1948, and started a family. Anna and Ed were the loving parents of four children, Richard, Lawrence, Gregory, and Karen. The couple raised their family in the Morningside/Stanton Heights area in Pittsburgh. Anna was actively involved at St. Raphael’s Church and Grade School, as a founding member of the Women’s Confraternity, as a longtime member of the Church Choir, and as an active school volunteer. Anna also volunteered in the Morningside Community, where, in her later years she assisted in the operation of the summer lunch program for children, and at the age of 75 she was given her first computer to assist her in managing the program. She was active in local politics, and enjoyed the company of her fellow seniors at the Morningside and Lawrenceville Senior Centers each week. Anna was an enthusiastic participant in the Senior Olympics Programs and Competitions, and won more medals than she had space to display. Friends and neighbors will remember her warm laugh and seeing Anna briskly walking to and from Church and the Senior Center in Morningside well into her 90’s. Beloved wife of the late Edward Leo Dixon, Anna is survived by her three sons and her daughter: Richard T. Dixon and his wife, Jackie (Adams) of Crown Point, Indiana; Lawrence N. Dixon and his wife, Virginia (Rosentreter) of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; Gregory E. Dixon and his wife, Joyce (Stosich) of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Karen M. (Dixon) DiVita of Overland Park, Kansas. Anna is also survived by her grandchildren and great grandchildren: (from Richard and Jackie) Jessalyn (Dixon) and her husband Nicholas Linden and their three children Sharalyn, Ambriella, and Blaise of Cedar Lake, IN, Steven Dixon and his Wife, Jeanette and their daughter, Hailey of Las Vegas, NV, Joell (Dixon) and her husband, John Drasich, and their two children, Summer and Ian of Crown Point, IN, and Clark Dixon serving in the US Navy, stationed in Japan; (from Lawrence and Ginny) Victoria Dixon of Rockville, MD, and Matthew Dixon of Severn, MD; (from Gregory and Joyce) Tiffany Dixon of Pittsburgh, PA; (from Karen and former husband Nicholas DiVita) Janine DiVita of New York City, NY, Mary Elise DiVita and her husband Jonathan Cooper, and son Austin Cooper of Olathe, KS, and Isabel DiVita of Jersey City, NJ. Anna is also survived by her nephews: David DiCocco and his wife, Nancy, of Colorado Springs, CO, Steven DiCocco and his wife, Bette, of Verona, PA, Andrew DiCocco and his wife, MaryAnn and their children, Daniel and Anna (namesake) of Trafford, PA, Mark DiCocco and his wife, Cynthia, and their children, Mark, Steven, and Michael of Oakmont, PA, and nephew Raymond Murawski and his wife, Linda of Glenshaw, PA. Anna is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Edward Leo Dixon in 1997, and by her grandson, Richard Edward Dixon (1982), her mother, Divina Maria Donatelli DiCocco (1971), her father, Nazzareno DiCocco (1966), her brothers: Angelo DeCocco (1967) and Anthony DiCocco (1966), her sisters: Archangela (1918) and Archangeline (Angie)(1982), and Sisters-in-Law: Rose Polsinelli DeCocco (1963), Alba DeSantis DiCocco (1964), Louise (Carranna) DeCocco-DeVault (2005), Francis Clementine Dixon King (1992) and Catherine Louise Dixon Murawski (2001), and her Brothers-in-Law, George J. Dixon (1938), John W. Dixon (1934), Earl S. King (1956), and Raymond S. Murawski, (1994), and Father-in-Law, Thomas A. Dixon (1951) and Mother-in-Law, Mary T. Bailey Dixon (1954). Friends will be received at McCabe Bros. Inc. Funeral Home, 6214 Walnut Street, (Shadyside) Pittsburgh, PA., 15206, on Friday, February 3, 2017 from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM. The Rosary will be prayed at 7 PM. A Mass of Catholic Burial for Anna will be held at Saint Raphael Church, 1118 Chislett Street in Morningside, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15206, on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 10 AM. THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND, PLEASE GATHER AT THE CHURCH. Interment will follow at Mount Carmel Cemetery, 7601 Mt. Carmel Road, Verona, Pennsylvania, 15147. Online condolences may be made at: www.mccabebebrothers.com. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at: http://www.alz.org. Our family wishes to extend special thanks and gratitude to our Mother’s caregivers, and extends our thanks and gratitude to all of the family members, friends and neighbors who have graciously shared their love, friendship and support with our Mother through her long and joyous life, a life well lived.