Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameEthel Lucille DIXON 
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6355Birth Date6 Sep 1911
Birth PlaceYuma County, CO, USA
Death Date15 May 1998 Age: 86
Death PlaceGalt, Sacramento Co., CA, USA
Burial PlaceGalt Cemetery, Galt, Sacramento Co., CA, USA
FatherJohn Leslie DIXON (1883-1928)
MotherHenrietta “Retta” Lucille SOWERS (1888-1977)
Misc. Notes
Obituary
Galt Herald, May 20, 1998
LUCILLE SMITH
Lucille Smith, of Galt, died May 15, of natural causes at a Lodi hospital. She was 87
Born Lucille Dixon on Sept. 6, 1910 in Fort Morgan, CO., she had been a Galt-area resident for 46 years. Mrs, Smith worked as a retail clerk at Brocket's Variety Store for 20 years. She was a member of the Galt Grange, and a past president of the Galt senior citizen's group.
From the age of 30 until she turned 60, she was a foster parent, raising many children in the area. She loved square dancing, sewing and crocheting.
She is surviverd by her husband of 20 years, Lynden M. Smith; a son, Stanley Hering of Vallejo; a sister, Lillie White of NB; five grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; a great-grandson and two great-granddaughters.
She was predeceased by two husbands, Walter Hering and John Doucet.
Services were held Tuesday at Ben Salas Funeral Home.
Spouses
Birth Date20 Jul 1908
Birth PlaceColorado, USA
Death DateAug 1968
Death PlaceGalt, Sacramento Co., CA, USA
Burial PlaceGalt Cemetery, Galt, Sacramento Co., CA, USA
FatherFredrick HERING
MotherEdyth E [HERING] (1886-1966)
Family ID13493
Misc. Notes
Walter & Ethel were the foster parents of at least two boys. One (Richard Hatton) who died at the age of 18 and another (Paul D. Mitzel) who was killed in Vietnam at the age of 20. Both headstones for the two are inscribed as Foster Children.3
ChildrenRichard “Ricky” (Foster) (1948-1966)
Paul D (Foster) (1949-1970)