Lorena M. Hixon

Lorena M Hixon passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at Villa Manor Nursing Home in Lakewood, CO. She was 92 years old.

Lorena was born on July 30, 1918 in Madrid, Nebraska to Scott and Ethel (Erlewine) Evans. She graduated from Grant High School.

On December 24, 1938, she was united in marriage to Guy Hixon at Grant. To this union seven children were born. They lived in the Wauneta, Imperial and McCook communities for many years where Guy ran the family business and Lorena was a busy homemaker and mother.

She was a member of the McCook Egan Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening and was an avid Husker fan. When her health started failing, she moved to Lakewood, CO in 2005 to be closer to family.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Scott and Ethel Evans; her beloved husband of 52 years, Guy Hixon on February 25,1990; and her daughter, Mary Lou Hixon.

Survivors include, daughter Beverly and husband, Wolf Stumpf, of Lakewood, CO; son Jerry Hixon and wife, Madeline, of Fort Collins, CO; daughter Sharon and husband, John Hupf, of Riverton, WY; daughter Catherine and husband, Tom O'Shea, of Turner, OR; son, Bill Hixon and wife, Carol of Cripple Creek, CO; and daughter, Patricia and husband, Michael Bagwell, of Lakewood; her sister Betty Bogaert of Madrid; 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be given in her name.

Visitation will be Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 1-8:00 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, February 16, 2010, at 1:00 MT at the Champion Community Church with Kent Swink officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery, at Imperial, Nebraska.

We are here to put our loving mother and friend to rest. She is now in God's hands, where there is no better place to be.