Photo courtesy of DUNNIGAN-DIX FUNERAL HOME - CANDO
Apr 21, 1933 - Jan 19, 2026
My condolances to Edie’s family!! What an asset to the Cando community! Loved visiting with her, when I would return to Cando. Being from Perth, and also my husbands family, a lot of reminiscing. You will be missed.
Dianne Hyndman
January 26, 2026 | West Fargo, ND | Friend
What a beautiful picture of your mom! My sympathy to you all. I have many memories of your folks.
Bev (Slunaker) Mathiason
January 24, 2026 | Rugby, ND | Family
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always. Special prayers added for Nancy, one of my dearest friends
Joyce Dustman
January 21, 2026 | Lemmon, SD | Friend
My sympathy to Edie’s family. I enjoyed getting to know her better after I retired. I always looked forward to our Christian Mother’s meetings. You chose a beautiful picture for her obituary.
Connie Bertsch
January 21, 2026 | Minot, ND | Friend
Sympathies and condolences to her family.
Liesha & Bob Weltin
January 21, 2026 | Cando, ND | Acquaintance
Edie and my mother were great friends. Edie helped our family through some difficult times in the 1960's! I remember her fondly! My hearts and prayers are with the family!
Larry Agneberg
January 21, 2026 | Vail, CO | Friend
My sympathies to all Edies family..what a beautiful picture
Norma Timms
January 21, 2026 | Cando, ND | Friend
Edith Lee Dix, 92, of Cando, ND passed away on Monday, January 19, 2026 at CHI St. Alexius in Devils Lake, ND. Mass of Christian Burial will take place at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cando with Fr. Daniel Musgrave, celebrant, on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 1:00 P.M. with a 12:30 P.M. Rosary. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Cando in the spring.
Edith Lee Dix was born April 21, 1933 in Bisbee, ND to Lars and Edith (Slunaker) Ingeberg, the youngest of four children. She attended school in Perth until moving to Cando in 1944, after the death of her father. She graduated in the class of 1951 and was especially active in basketball. She was united in marriage on September 15, 1951 to Charles Dix in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cando. To this union they raised four children; Nancy, Patrick, David and Mark. Mark was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1977 while on vacation.
In 1960 Charles and Edith started their funeral business, Dix Funeral Home, in Cando, and operated it until they sold it to Chuck Dunnigan in 1980. In 1968 Charles and Edith started Featherock Enterprises to build and rent apartments in Cando and managed them until 2011 when they sold them.
Edith was active in various positions and activities in Cando, such as, Sacred Heart Church Choir, Towner County Hospital Auxiliary, Cando Hockey Boosters, Christian Mothers group and Cando Golf Club.
Edith is survived by her daughter Nancy Orthman, Valley City, ND; sons Patrick and Ana Dix, Rock Springs, WY and David and Maria Dix, Devils Lake, ND and four grandkids; Lisa Dix, Scottsdale, AZ, Chris Orthman, Valley City, ND, Beth Orthman, Bismarck, ND and Tosha Orthman, Fargo, ND. She also has five great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents Lars and Edith Ingeberg, husband Charles, two brothers, Robert and William, one sister Alta, one son Mark and son-in-law Carl Orthman.
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