Lila M. Dickson

Dickson, Lila M. 86, passed away May 18, 2016. Lila was born on November 18, 1929 in Riley County, KS to George Jacob Zeisset and Margaret (Crowl) Zeisset. Her family moved to Leonardville, KS and then to Wichita, KS to complete her education. She began working for the YMCA and later at the downtown Woolworth's department store, where she met and married James M. Dickson. Lila retired in 1991 from Seneca IGA. Holding many work positions during her lifetime, she always said her primary career was raising her 10 children. Lila was preceded in death by her only sister, Marjorie Elizabeth Lark; nephew, Phillip Sheridan; and both parents. She is survived by her 10 children, Michael Dickson (Roberta), Georgene Head (John), Stephanie Gile, Joseph Dickson, all of Wichita, Kathleen Smith (Lynn) of Boise, ID, Kevin Dickson, Michelle Dickson, both of Wichita, Christine Stotler of Yakima, WA, Andrea Hamilton of Boise, ID, Delanie Young (Darrel) of Wichita; nieces, Karen Sheridan Shull and Shirley Ellen Roccia. She is also greatly missed by a few who called her their 2nd mom along with 23 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren, who came into her life by birth, by marriage, by need and ALWAYS, without fail, by love. Visitation with family 4-5 p.m. Monday, May 30, followed by a 5 p.m. rosary, all at Culbertson-Smith Mortuary, 115 S. Seneca. Funeral mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 31, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 139 S. Millwood, followed with burial in Resthaven. Memorials established with Interim Hospice and St. Joseph Catholic Church. Send condolences to smithfamilymortuaries.com