Obituary of Dixie Lee Maurer-Clemons Wilcox

A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene for Dixie Lee Maurer-Clemons Wilcox of Eugene, who died November 18, of cancer. She was 66. Dixie was born November 30, 1944, in Macon, Missouri to Robert and Audrey (Jenkins) Kisor. She married Richard Wilcox on May 15, 2010, in Eugene. Dixie was a 1962 graduate of South Eugene High School. She attended Antioch College in Yellowsprings, Ohio, where she graduated in 1967. Dixie also earned two graduate degrees from the University of Oregon. Dixie worked for 30 years at Lane Community College, first in the science department, then in the Cooperative Education Department. Most recently she worked as a coordinator for education majors. Survivors include her husband, Richard Wilcox of Eugene; her son, Lionel Clemons, his wife, Annamaria, and their two sons, Anthony and Lucas of Eugene; three sisters, Roxie Cuellar of Yachats, Sally Penna of Monmouth, and Frederica Merrell of Seattle; and a brother, John Merrell, of Snohomish, Washington. Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene. Remembrances to the Mama Tina Resource Center-Relief services to the children of Kenya- www.mamatina.orgPlease sign the guest book at www.registerguard.com/legacy------------------------------------------A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene for Dixie Lee Maurer-Clemons Wilcox of Eugene, who died Nov. 18 of cancer. She was 66.She was born Nov. 30, 1944, in Macon, Mo., to Robert and Audrey Jenkins Kisor. She married Richard Wilcox on May 15, 2010, in Eugene.She graduated from South Eugene High School in 1962 and from Antioch College in Yellowsprings, Ohio, in 1967. She held master’s degrees in biology and education from the University of Oregon. She worked for 30 years at Lane Community College, first in the science department, then in the cooperative education department and, most recently, as a coordinator for education majors.Survivors include her husband; a son, Lionel Clemons of Eugene; three sisters, Roxie Cuellar of Yachats, Sally Penna of Monmouth and Frederica Merrell of Seattle; a brother, John Merrell of Snohomish, Wash.; and two grandsons.Arrangements by Musgrove Family Mortuary in Eugene.