Dixie D. Landis

Dixie D. Landis , 90, of Decatur, Indiana, passed away on October 21, 2022, at her residence.

She was born September 13, 1932 in Decatur, Indiana, the daughter of the late Richard A. Hill and the late Dovie I. (Irelan) Hill.  On January 27, 1951, Dixie married Clifford E. Landis in Decatur, Indiana.

Dixie was a member of the Decatur Church of God and the Friendship Village Home Economics Club.  She was a 1950 graduate of Adams Central High School and was a homemaker.

Dixie was a wonderful parent and grandmother to her family.  She was very proud of the accomplishments in life that they achieved.  She had a great talent for baking and cooking, using that gift to provide service to others by baking wedding cakes for family and friends.  She was especially proud of the time spent working at the Palmer House in Berne as pie maker…her pies were well-known.  Most importantly, she cherished the time spent with her granddaughters, teaching them her baking skills.  She was also an accomplished seamstress.  She enjoyed making clothes for herself and family.  But, above all else, she valued the time spent at church and sharing Christ with her family and others.

Survivors include her husband, Clifford E. Landis of Decatur, Indiana; son, Gregory (Candy) Landis of Monroe, Indiana; son, Brent (Kathy) Landis of Alexandria, Indiana; son, Jeffrey Landis    of Waterloo, Indiana; daughter, Jill Tomlinson of New Haven, Indiana; sister, Connie (John) Beckler of Bluffton, Indiana, six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Janet Landis and brother, Paul Hill.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, 520 N. Second Street, Decatur, Indiana, with Pastor Brent Doster officiating.  Interment will follow in the Pleasant Dale Cemetery, Decatur, Indiana.

Family and friends will be received from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at the Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur and one hour prior to the services on Wednesday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers preferred memorials can be made to the Decatur Church of God.

Arrangements by Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home in Decatur, Indiana