Dixie Dell McKeighan Goodner

Dixie Dell Donaldson McKeighan Goodner died on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Fort Atkinson.

She was born on September 4, 1926 in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Pluma Pauline Menefee and Tip Franklin Donaldson.

Dixie lived in Avoca, Iowa until 1935 and then moved to Tennant.
She graduated from Tennant High School in May 1943.

In 1944 Dixie moved to Omaha and worked as a Payroll clerk for Merchants Motor Freight Lines until her marriage on April 5, 1947 to William Rex McKeighan. He died in a car accident in July, 1970.
Dixie later married Rex William Goodner on September 9, 1977. He died on April 30, 1990.

She worked for Farmers Mutual Co-op Telephone Co. from November 1968 until February 1999.

Family and friends have been the most important part of Dixies life.

She enjoyed her garden, cooking and making baked goods for family and friends.

Survivors include her children, Brenda (McKeighan) and her husband, Stanley Peterson of Fort Atkinson, WI, Terry McKeighan and his wife, Nancy (Scott) of Tualatin, OR, Laurie (Goodner) and her husband Walt Staiert of Elkhorn, IA; eight grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many good friends.

Also preceding in death was her son, Timothy McKeighan, her sister, Mary Lou Donaldson, and her brother, Tip Donaldson.

Funeral arrangements will be conducted by the Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, Iowa.
The Dunlap Memorial Home in Fort Atkinson is assisting the family with local arrangements.

If desired, memorials may be made to Rainbow Hospice Care, Inc. of Jefferson, WI.

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