Jeanette Sue Dix

Jeanette Sue Dix, age 78, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025 in Bloomington, Indiana. She was born in Monroe County on September 18, 1946, to Marie Jeanette (Prince) Gines and Ray Gines, Jr., enterprising parents who built a life full of love and learning. She and her brothers grew up helping their parents at their neighborhood grocery store on West 6th Street and distributing Canada Dry beverages to Monroe and surrounding counties. Jeanette spent most of her life in Bloomington, apart from several years living in Germany, then Virginia. Her elementary schooling started in-town at Elm Heights and completed at Washington Township Consolidated School, a five-room Sears-Roebuck kit schoolhouse located within walking distance of a home her family built outside the Bloomington city limits. She graduated from Bloomington High School in 1964. Jeanette went on to earn a degree from Indiana University. A lifelong learner, she later dedicated her career to teaching and mentoring, working with the IRS, the Indiana University Foundation, the City of Bloomington, and eventually serving for many years as an educator at the Ivy Tech campus in Bloomington, Indiana. Jeanette had many passions in life. She loved gardening and filled her home gardens with a vast variety of hostas and other beautiful flowers. She loved to travel, and before her son graduated from university, she had taken him to 49 of the 50 U.S. states. She also had a deep love for the ocean and snorkelling, especially in Maui and the Caribbean islands. Above all, Jeanette was a loving and caring presence to her family and friends, and she will be dearly missed. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Ray III, her sister-in-law Noriko, and grandniece Ariane. Jeanette is survived by her son, Brian Dix; her daughter-in-law, Marie-Danièle; her granddaughter, Caitlin; and her brothers, James and Robert (wife Linda), widowed sister-in-law Sonja (husband Ray lll), niece, nephews & cousins. Visitation will be held on Saturday, October 4th, 2025, at Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The funeral service will follow from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Immediately after the service, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., family and friends are invited to gather, with light food available. Flowers are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jeanette’s memory may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation ( http://www.parkinson.org/ ). Online condolences, photos and memories may be shared with family and friends at www.allencares.com

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Jeanette Sue Dix

September 18, 1946 - June 27, 2025