Dixie Mae Hillery, 89, passed away on December 29th, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19. Daughter of Ray and Ruby Baysinger, she was born at home in Interior on July 6, 1931. While growing up there she met her high school sweetheart Allan "Al" Hillery. They were inseparable during their 64 years of marriage.

Dixie cared for her two children and husband, moving around for her husband's work in the National Park Service in Badlands, Zion, and Wind Cave National Parks.  She worked at Paul's Drug in Hot Springs and later at Haggerty's in Rapid City. Her three great-grandchildren Bjorn, Elliott & Nola Petersen brightened her every day even from afar.

Dixie is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Sandy Berkey, and son-in-law, Steve; granddaughters, Alicia Inman (Francisco) and Alexa Petersen (Toby); great-grandchildren, Bjorn, Elliott and Nola Petersen; sister-in-law, Alice Baysinger; cherished nieces, nephews and treasured friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Allan Ray "Al" Hillery; her son, Ronald Allan Hillery; her brother, Jesse Baysinger (Alice); and sister-in-law and her husband, Bonnie and Jim Leiby.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Frontline Families Fund (frontlinefamiliesfund.org). A private family burial will take place Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 at Mountain View Cemetery in Rapid City.

In place of funeral services please share your memories of Dixie in her online guestbook.