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| Elmer J. Dix, 62, of Cahokia died Wednesday at his home.Service will be held at 10 P.M. Friday at Holy Catholic Church, Cahokia. friends may call after 6 P.M. today at Braun Colonel Funeral home Cahokia. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Wurtz Dix; a daughter, Gail A. Dix of Cahokia; a brother, Harold , and a sister, Mrs Leona Beil, both of Belleville. He was an employee of Monsanto chemical company., sauget; a member of Chemical Workers Union Local 12 and VFW post 6368, Dupo; a World War II veteran. Organization: Inventor of The "Stay Fast Bolt";1953 Letterman Club;Immaculate Conception Church;Centerville,Illinois Veteran of Foreign Wars; Sugar Loaf Memorial Post; Dupo, Illinois;1975 Monroe County Sportsman's Club, Inc.; Waterloo Chapter, Illinois,62298;1976 Cahokia Public Library; Cahokia, Illinois,1977 International Chemical Workers Union, Local No.12; ICWU NO. BRR103147 NEWSPAPER CLIPPING TITLE 'Elmer J. Dix Award As Hero In Fire Swept Battle With The Seventh armored division in Europe - WOJG Elmer J. Dix, 31 of 20 Janet Drive, Belleville, Illinois, recently was awarded the Bronze Star for leading his men of the 40th Tank Battalion Service Company in recovering vehicles from the fire swept battlefield. He is the son of Mrs. Mary E. Dix, of 20 Janet Drive, Belleville. Warrant Officer Dix was in charge of the maintenance platoon and, according to his citation, "although winter weather added immeasurably to his problem, WOJG Dix, by his great skill and unflagging devotion to duty, maintained the high efficiency of his platoon." He improvised equipment that made possible full operation of tracked vehicles over icy terrain. He was graduated from the Belleville schools and was last employed as sheet metal worker. | ||||||||||||||||
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