Paula Ann Priebe Dixon, age 77, passed into God’s loving arms on October 16, 2018.

Memorial services will be on Friday, October 26, 2018 at Grace Lutheran Church, 200 N. Catherine Ave., LaGrange Illinois.  Visitation will begin at 3:00 p.m. with a Celebration of Life Service beginning at 4:00 p.m.  Interment will be held privately in Algona, Iowa.

Paula was born January 16, 1941, in Algona, Iowa.  Paula always loved animals.  Her love for animals began on the family farm with 4H where she showed Black Angus Cattle for many years.  She graduated from Algona High School in 1958 and from Drake University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1962. While at Drake Paula was active in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.  She married Chicago-area realtor G. Grant Dixon, Jr. on June 23, 1963 in Algona, Iowa.  They had three children, G. Grant Dixon III (Susan), Amy Dixon Zavisin (Nick), and John F. Dixon (Lori).  Paula later moved to Des Moines and became a successful realtor and home builder.  In 2010 Paula moved to Indian Head Park, Illinois to be closer to her three children and six grandchildren, Molly Dixon, Madeline Dixon, G. Grant Dixon IV, Nicholas Zavisin, Jack Zavisin, and J. Fletcher Dixon, Jr.  She loved attending band, orchestra and choir concerts, baseball, basketball, soccer games and swim meets, and any other event that brought her close to her family.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Madelyn (Paetz) Priebe, her father Berl E. Priebe, her sister, Constance Barth, and her brother, Gary Priebe.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Paula’s name can be made to the Kossuth County Historical Society, 122 S. Dodge St., Algona, Iowa 50511. Funeral info: (708) 352-6500