Memorial services for Dixie Lee Daniels, 71, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 19 at the Murdock Funeral Home in Perry, with burial in the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry, Iowa. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Dixie passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, at her home in Perry, Iowa.
Dixie Lee Keenan was born Feb. 9, 1951, in Perry, Iowa, the daughter of Daryl and Dorothy (Lester) Keenan, and she passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, March 10, 2022.
A lifelong resident of Perry, Dixie attended Perry Community Schools and graduated from Perry High School with the class of 1969.
She married Henry Kersey Sr. in 1969, and to that union were born Henry Jr. and Kimberlie Kaye.
On June 28, 1980, Dixie was united in marriage to Lynn Douglas Daniels at the First Presbyterian Church in Perry. To that union Courtney Michelle was born.
Dixie was employed by Oscar Meyer in the office from 1980 until 1987.
She attended DMACC and went to work for American Republic Insurance in the claims department for more than 20 years.
She finished her working life at Avadyne Health for five years before her health started to decline, and she retired to be home with her family.
Left to cherish Dixie’s memory is her husband, Lynn Daniels of Perry; son, Henry Jr. (Toni) Kersey, pf of Angleton, Texas; daughters, Kim (Mike) Meyers of Perry and Courtney Daniels of Perry; grandchildren, Keegan (Madison) Davis of Phoenix, Arizona, Kaelan Davis of Perry, Afton Meyers of Perry, Justin Kersey of Angleton, Texas, and MacKenzie Kersey of Angleton; sister, Denell (Tim) Hansen of Neola, Iowa; and sister-in-law, Jo Keenan of Des Moines.
In death she rejoins with her parents; her brother, Dana Keenan; grandson, Cody Kersey; and many other extended family.
Memorials in Dixie’s name will be directed to the Raccoon River Pet Rescue or Every Step Hospice. They may be mailed or brought to Murdock Funeral Home. Online condolences may be left at murdockfuneralhome.net.
