Dixie Burdic

Dixie Ccleste Burdic, the only child of Park and Ruby (Iddings) Karns, was born at Knoxville, Iowa on January 6, 1915. The family moved to Omaha, Nebraska in 1933 where Dixie graduated from North High School that same year. Dixie attended the University of Omaha and accepted a position with the telephone company.
Dixie and Milton Gooldy were married in Omaha in 1941. They continued to live in Omaha and were blessed by the birth of a daughter, Kathleen. Milton died as a result of wounds received during the Battle of the Bulge.
Dixie and Eugene W. Burdic were married in Omaha on August 1, 1951. They made their home in Malvern, Iowa where Gene was president of the Malvern Trust and Savings Bank. Gene adopted Kathleen, and Dixie became a stepmother to Gene's children, Allan and Mary. Dixie enjoyed her duties as a mother and homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and was an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan. Dixie was a member of the Malvern United Methodist Church and belonged to several Bridge clubs. Dixie and Gene had been married for nearly 30 years when Gene died in 1980. Dixie continued to live in Malvern until moving to Fresno, California in 1998.
Dixie was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Milton Gooldy and E. W. Burdic, and stepdaughter Mary Kratville. She is survived by her daughter Kathleen Gregory and her husband Woody of Fresno, CA and stepson Allan Burdic and his wife Marilyn of Malvern, IA; grandchildren George Goshgarian and Jeannie Goshgarian; step grandchildren Michael Kratville, Catherine Kratville, Susie Johnson, and Jay Burdic; four step great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.