Dixie Dade

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Dixie Dade, 78, of Sikeston died Monday, Nov. 5, 2001, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born Aug. 12, 1923, in Kewanee, Mo., daughter of Charles G. and Mary B. Woods Schuerenberg. She first married Ralph Helms Aug. 12, 1943, in St. Louis. He died June 7, 1945. She and Cidney Dade were married Nov. 6, 1953, in St. Louis. He died Nov. 15, 1993.

Dade was a registered nurse at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, and was administrator with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri. She had also made porcelain dolls.

She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and daughters of Isabella, and was a former member of a doll club in St. Louis many years.

Survivors include a stepdaughter, Jane Hudson of Carbondale, Ill.; a brother, Walter Schuerenberg of Garland, Texas; three sisters, Carol St. Mary of New Madrid, Mo., Iva Dill of Emelle, Ala., and Farrie Snow of Kewanee.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, and five sisters.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today. The Daughters of Isabella will recite the rosary at 7.

Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Church, with the Rev. Stephen Schneider officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.