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Dixie Biro Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Feb. 11, 2014.

Dixie L. Biro

Dixie Lou (Wray) Biro, 87, of West Lafayette, formerly of Monticello, passed away at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Mulberry Health Care. Born February 21, 1926 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late William Claude and Elizabeth M. (Crist) Wray.

Dixie married Arthur Biro and he preceded her in death in June of 1998. She was a homemaker. She had been a waitress and then owner of the Parses Lodge Restaurant at Tall Timbers for four years. She enjoyed beautiful music, reading, and crossword puzzles and was a wonderful cook.

Surviving are her two sons, Terry Vinkovich of Anderson, South Carolina and Richard Anderson (wife, Paula) of Wasilla, Alaska, and her daughter, Victoria Cassens (husband, Daniel) of West Lafayette. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister Donna Bidleman and a brother William C. Wray.

Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday at Hippensteel Funeral Home with service to follow at 2 p.m.

Hippensteel Funeral Home is entrusted with care. Share memories and condolences online at www.hippensteelfuneralservice.com

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DIXIE WAS A VERY SWEET NEIGHBOR FOR MANY YEARS AND WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER SWEET DISPOSITION AND SADLY MISSED>

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