Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
March 19, 2006, pg 22a

Ruth Ann Dixon, "Mimi", made her transition from this life on March 17, 2006. Ruth Ann was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 29, 1933. Her family moved to Oklahoma City when she was three years old.

Preceded in death by her parents, Ruth and Earl Shriver, and sister Kathrine Tune; she is survived by her brother Earl Shriver of Oklahoma City, and her sister, Betty Shriver, of Edmond. She is also survived by her husband Delor "Dick", son David and grandson Jeremy; another son Stephen and his wife Fe, and grandchildren, Ericka, Ryan, Emily, and Samuel, and two great-grandchildren, Chloe and Kaleb; her daughter and best friend, Linda and her husband Chester Douglas, and their daughters Sarah and Kayla. She married her childhood sweetheart on May 16, 1953 in the base chapel at Fort Bliss, Texas followed by fourteen months in Anchorage, Alaska with her husband. Mimi was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.

In her early years she was an accomplished pianist performing in many city-wide recitals. Ruth Ann graduated from Classen High School in 1951. As an active member of St. Lukes Methodist church for many years, she devoted a great deal of time working with the childrens' choir and was very involved in her childrens' school activities. Though Ruth Ann requested there be no service, we who loved her will celebrate her life in our hearts and memories forever.  CREMATION SOCIETY