Dixie Mae Summers Botsford

Dixie S. Botsford
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Dixie Mae Summers Botsford, 83, passed away Monday, September 26, 2016 of natural causes. She was born July 28, 1933, in Logan, Utah, the daughter of Henry Arthur Summers and Clella Richman Howells. She grew up on a sheep and cattle ranch in Avon, Utah. She loved Avon and spent many hours with her sisters working to preserve her family home and heritage. She attended grade school in Paradise and graduated from South Cache High School. She also attended one year at Utah State.

She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served faithfully in the Sunday School and as a visiting teacher.

She married Robert Jess Botsford June 28, 1957 in Paradise, Utah. Most of their life together has been spent in the Ogden area. She spent many years working as a secretary. She retired from Hill Air Force Base after 20 years of service with the Federal Government in various positions.

She was a master gardener. She loved her dahlia's, roses, sunflowers, orchids and vegetable garden. She had a great knowledge of flowers and gardening and enjoyed sharing it with others. She loved to oil paint. She was a hard worker and expected the same from others.

She had suffered from the affects of Parkinson's disease for 23 years. Even when her body was broken and giving out on her, she continued to work in her yard, write family histories and participate in family activities. She never wanted to quit.
She is survived by her loving husband, Robert Jess Botsford; two daughters, Mitzi (Russ) Hatch and Julie (Troy) Flinders; sisters, Jean Douglass and Gayle (Glenn) Riggs; 8 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Henry Arthur Summers Jr and brother in law, Paul Douglass.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at the West Weber 1st Ward, 4100 W 900 S. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, October 4th from 6 to 8 p.m. and prior to services from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. at the church.
Special thanks to Dignity Home Health Care and Heritage Park Care Center.

Interment will be in the Avon Cemetery, Avon, Utah.
VisitationWest Weber 1st Ward
4100 W 900 S
West Weber, UT
October 4, 2016
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceWest Weber 1st Ward
4100 W 900 S
West Weber, UT
October 5, 2016
11:00 AM
CemeteryAvon Cemetery

Avon, UT
October 5, 2016