Dixon Alton Ford

Dixon Alton Ford passed on July 12, 2024 in Layton Utah.

He was born July 30, 1932, in Provo, Utah, to Mayo & Leah Dixon Ford. He grew up among the beautiful mountains of Wallsburg, where his parents and three sisters raised thousands of turkeys on their ranch. He loved being outdoors- living off the land and riding his horse.

Dixon attended BYU for a year where he studied to be an Engineer. He later trained and worked at Hill Air Force Base for additional Engineer responsibilities. He married Angenita Maria VanderBeek on September 21, 1956 and they soon built their home in Farmington, where they raised five children and enjoyed many years of gardening and ballroom dancing.

Dixon worked at Sperry Univac, Deseret Pharmaceutical and Sorenson Research. He later started his own company, In-Touch Products, a plastic fabricating company. He then started Alton Dean Medical and developed a pressure infusion and fluid warming device.

Dixon had many hobbies, including mushroom hunting, raising livestock, fishing, snowmobiling and researching dinosaur fossils. He had amazing teams of oxen that he loved and took to many parades and pioneer reenactments, where he often included many of his children and grandchildren. He was proud of his pioneer heritage and wanted to honor his great grandfather Martin Ford who came across the plains. Dixon later divorced and then married Rita Nelson in 2008 and they resided in Fruit Heights. He was always engaged in learning throughout his life and found joy making new inventions.

He is survived by; Kathleen, Dale (Becky), Cynthia, Steven, Marianne (Dave), 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, Sister Jan Neerings and brother-in-law Rex Bigelow.  Proceeded in death by his wife Rita, sisters Marilyn, Lois and grandson Blake.

Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at the Ogden City Cemetery, 1875 Monroe Blvd, Ogden, Utah.