Steven Dixon

A Celebration of Life for Steven Dixon, 66, of Tularosa, New Mexico will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 5, 2024 at Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel, Groton.  Rev. Yeadon will officiate.  Inurnment will follow in Union Cemetery, Groton under the direction of Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel. A luncheon will follow at the funeral chapel. Services will be live streamed at GDILIVE.com.

Visitation will be held for one hour prior to services at the chapel.

Steven passed away September 1, 2024 in Tularosa after a courageous battle with cancer.

Steven Lynn Dixon was born on July 16, 1958 in Aberdeen to Jack and Lillian (Hein) Dixon.  He was the first of eight children born to Jack and Lil.  He attended school in Aberdeen until 1970 and then spent his middle and high school years in Groton.  Steve graduated from Groton High School in 1976.  He was united in marriage with Nancy Kern in 1986 and they were blessed with a son, Jacob Isaiah.  Early in his career, Steve worked as a Workers' Compensation Specialist at the NDSU Safety Office and as a Loss Prevention Specialist for ND Workforce Safety & Insurance. From 2006 to 2017, Steve worked at Border States Electric-Fargo as their Loss Prevention Manager, and later as their Corporate Operations-Fleet Safety Manager. In 2019, Steve married Maria Catalina “Katie” Garcia.  They moved to Tularosa, New Mexico in 2019, where he resided until the time of his passing.

Steve enjoyed the outdoors; especially hunting, fishing and camping.  He was a strong supporter of Alcoholic Anonymous, having been sober for 46 years.  Through AA, he developed many true friendships and was a proud sponsor and advocate.

Celebrating his life is his wife, Katie, his son, Jacob Dixon of West Fargo, ND, many step-children and step-grandchildren, his siblings, Sherry (Rick) Koehler, Patty (Mike Lee) Smith, Jackie (Dennis) Hales, Mike (Karen) Dixon, Dianne (Rick) Schelle, Kelli (Dan) Danburg, Kathy (Jason) Holm, his last surviving aunt and uncle, Nancy & Don Hein and many nieces, nephews and cousins.  Steve also leaves behind his faithful dog, Rosie.

Preceding him in death were his parents, both sets of grandparents, one niece, several aunts, uncles, and cousins.

The family prefers memorials in lieu of flowers.

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