Sharyn Lee Gainor Dixon, 85, of Waverly, Ohio died Tuesday October 3, 2023 peacefully in her daughter's home in Broken Arrow, OK. Services will be at Catoosa First (300 S. Cherokee St, Catoosa, OK) October 28 at 10:30 AM.

Sharyn was born February 10, 1938 to Alan F. Gainor (of Daniel Gainor & Julia Lyons of County Cork Ireland) and Leone Ann Schmidt Gainor (of Gustave Emil August Schmidt and Selma Gehlor of Germany) in Dubuque, Iowa. She attended St. Columbkilles Catholic School and graduated from Dubuque Senior High in 1956. She then attended cosmetology school and loved her beautician career for 17 years.

She married Donald Lee Dixon of Dubuque, IA in 1966. They moved to Cedar Rapids, IA and had 3 children (Deidre, Dennis, Donald Jr). They moved in 1979 to Henryetta, OK. She returned to college to get her Licensed Practical Nursing degree from OSU Tech in Okmulgee, OK. She worked in Henryetta Hospital for several years. She was one of the first nurses on the hospital team to assist with the first laparoscopic procedures performed at Henryetta Hospital. She transitioned to the Home Healthcare team until she retired after 20 years of nursing. Her husband died in 1995. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church until she moved to Ohio in 2007. She attended Waverly First Baptist in Waverly Ohio. She made many friends and served as a staff member and participated in many activities at the Pike County Senior Center. January 2019 she was the Senior Center's Senior Spotlight feature. She was asked to comment on something people would be shocked to learn. Her reply was "I used to ride my horse in parades and my horse's colt led the parade in Chicago". The most important thing she learned during her life was "not to gossip". She loved to garden and shovel snow, travel, watch Wheel of Fortune, and take care of pets and people.

Sharyn is survived by her brother, Dale Gainor of Chicago, IL; daughter, Deidre (Richard) Hawkins of Broken Arrow, OK, and adult children Deven and Braden Hawkins, and Elise (Taigh) Goggin with baby Theo; two sons Dennis Dixon of Broken Arrow, OK, and Donald Dixon Jr and wife Patti of Schulter, OK, grandsons, Patrick and Andrew Dixon. Husband of recent 17 years of Waverly, OH, James E. Wolfe, stepson 'Little' James Wolfe Jr and wife Kirstyn Horn, grandchildren Dominic, (late)Kayden, and Charlene Wolfe.

She has several nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her father Alan Gainor and mother Leone Gainor, late husband Donald Lee Dixon, brother Richard Alan Gainor, sister-in-law Beverly Lane Gainor.

In lieu of flowers, consider a donation in her memory to Pike County Senior Center in Waverly, Ohio, Senior Programs — Community Action Committee of Pike County (pikecac.org);

Saint Francis Hospice of Tulsa, OK ( Make a Gift, Saint Francis Health System, Tulsa, Oklahoma, OK ) ;

Waverly First Baptist in Waverly, OH ( 303 East 3rd Street, Waverly, OH 45690)

Catoosa First church in Catoosa, OK CATOOSA FIRST - Home

Scriptures

Philippians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourself

1 Peter 3:3-4 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

Psalm 1 and Psalm 4

Psalm 23:4