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February 2, 2010

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,

A memorial service in celebration of Josi’s life will be held on February 13th at 1:00pm at the Vizcaya Pavilion in Sacramento. Immediately following the ceremony there will be a reception with friends and family also at the Pavilion. Address and directions to the service are provided below.

In her honor a scholarship fund has been established with the California Western School of Law. Donations may be sent to 225 Cedar St. San Diego, CA 92101; checks may be made out to CWSL and Josiane Dixon Scholarship Fund noted in the memo portion.

We also encourage you to visit her memorial website at www.josimemorial.org. There you can find and share photos of Josi, post on her digital guest book, and add comments to a memorial blog.

Thank you for all the loving support and wishes for both Josi and our family through this difficult time. We all wish to celebrate Josi’s wonderful life with you, and we hope you join with us either in person or in spirit.

The Dixon and Jobin Families
—Memorial Service (1:00pm):
Vizcaya Pavilion
http://www.vizcayapavilion.com/
2019 21st. Street, Sacramento, CA 95818

From the I-80 East (US-50) take the 15th Street exit. Continue on X Street until you approach 21st Street. Turn left at 21st Street. The Vizcaya Pavilion will be a quarter mile on your right. Cross street is U Street.

From the US-50 West take the 26th Street exit. Merge onto W Street. Continue on W Street until you approach 21st Street. Turn right at 21st Street. The Vizcaya Pavilion will be a quarter mile on your right. Cross street is U Street.

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 1:15:59 AM by Josiane Dixon ( Sacramento Memorial Service, 2 comments)

What an amazing memorial website. Thanks so much for sharing this with us. We miss you Josi.
www.josimemorial.org

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 8:21:53 AM by jill

That was such a beautiful tribute to Josie and after crying and wondering how you could possibly do this without breaking your own hearts, is beyond me. I guess that proves there is a power beyond us that allows us to carry on, regardless of the pain, to put a heartfelt effort into a lovely slide show and soon to be memorial. You can tell by her smile that she had a warm character about her, and probably a no nonsense approach to fools. If you are a prosecutor, you will not suffer them lightly. I’m sure this is still quite raw and I don’t want to say anthing but you raised a wonderful girl, and that she did partake in our Blog, as a necessary vehicle for expressing her cancer concerns. We all need that kind of support, and that is how we have learned about Josie.

May I pray for all of you in your time of grieving and also in the joy of having her in your lives, and leaving wonderful memories and a standard of strength for you to aspire to.

Sincerely,

Louise, better known as Weezie

Posted on February 2, 2010 at 4:31:38 PM by weezie

December 29, 2009

Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,

In one way or another, you have all come to know Josiane Dixon over the last 33 years. As many of you also may know, Josi passed away on December 24th, Christmas Eve, following a courageous battle with leukemia.

Josi was an unusual combination of a loving warm exterior coupled with an inner strength and stubborn will. She taught us about grace under fire both in her tenacious ability as a prosecutor and her courage in the throes of her battle with cancer. We will be forever grateful to have known her and to have witnessed the amount of joyful living a person can squeeze into 33 years of life.

For those in the Twin Cities who are able to attend, there will be a memorial service to honor and celebrate her life. The service will be held at the Weyerhaeuser Chapel at Macalester College on January 4th at 3:00pm in St. Paul, Minnesota. There will be a visitation with the family for one hour preceding the service.

For those who are in California, or who are unable to attend the service in St. Paul, there will be an additional ceremony planned for Sacramento in the near future. Details of this service will be announced in the coming weeks.

We have also reached out to California Western School of Law to establish a Josiane Dixon Memorial Scholarship Fund. All memorials in Josi’s honor to the fund are welcome. Donations may be sent to California Western School of Law 225 Cedar St. San Diego, CA 92101, checks may be made out to CWSL and Josiane Dixon Scholarship Fund noted in the memo portion.

Address and directions to the service are provided below. Following the memorial service, there will be reception celebrating Josi’s life and love of Irish pubs at O’Gara’s Bar and Grill, on the corner of Snelling and Selby Avenue in St. Paul.

Memorial Service:
Weyerhaeuser Chapel, Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105

From the I-94 freeway, take exit 238 – MN-51/Snelling Avenue, and proceed south on Snelling for 1 mile and turn right on Grand Avenue. The Chapel will be on your left. Turn left on S Macalaster Street for parking adjacent to the campus center. A map of the parking options and service location on the campus is provided below.

Reception Celebration:
O’Gara’s Bar and Grill
164 Snelling Ave N, St Paul, MN

From the service, go North on Snelling. O’Gara’s will be just a few blocks up on the corner of Snelling and Selby Avenue.

Thank you for all the loving support and wishes for both Josi and our family through this difficult time. We all wish to celebrate Josi’s wonderful life with you, and we hope you join with us either in person or spirit.

The Dixon and Jobin Families

Posted on December 29, 2009 at 2:12:44 PM by Josiane Dixon ( Memorial Service Information, 3 comments)