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DIXIE, YOU LEFT US MUCH TOO SOON – Saturday’s memorial service for retired La Conner school teacher and town fixture Dixie Otis packed Maple Hall, the fullest that some have ever seen it. Nancy Wood, president of Soroptimist International of La Conner, was one of several remembering Otis. Rev. Marcella Baker, of La Conner United Methodist Church, ably officiated. – Photo by Ken Stern
It was a memorial service not to be forgotten.
Just as the person whose life and legacy being honored at a filled Maple Hall on Saturday was unforgettable.
The La Conner and Swinomish communities turned out en masse to pay final respects to beloved teacher and civic leader Dixie Otis, who passed suddenly Dec. 9, but not before making a lasting impact on many in her home town and beyond.
The depth and breadth of that impact was highlighted in multiple eulogies delivered by those who knew Dixie at various stages of a full 76-year life marked by service to others and devotion to her family.
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