Ethel Lois Moody Dixon passed away peacefully at home January 21, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was born December 31, 1936 in Willows, CA to Lawrence and Ethel Dickerson Moody. She was raised by her Aunt Neva Yankee and Uncle Sam Domingo. She entered the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1955. She married Alfred Santiago and had three children Doris, Kathleen, and Darryl. Ethel remarried to Elwood Smith and had two children Jolene and Lelaura. Worked for and retired from U.S. Postal Service. She is preceded in death by her mother and father; brothers Edward, Ronald, Rodney, and Wayne Tobey; sister Patricia Catherine Moody Curtis. She is survived by her children Doris Santiago Brooks, Kathleen Santiago Tietjen, Darryl Santiago, Jolene Smith Thomas and Lelaura Smith; sisters, Charlotte Fry, Sylvia McCloud, and Henrietta Tobey; and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Visitation Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 4pm-8pm at Walton's Chapel of the Valley, 1281 N. Roop St., Carson City. Funeral services Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 1pm also at Walton's. Interment Stewart Indian Cemetery followed by dinner at Stewart Community Center. Food donations accepted.
