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Photos: Oakwood Cemetery comes alive in Dixon

By Alex T. Paschal
Volunteer Emma Russell leads her group to the next telling during the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society’s cemetery walk, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon.

Volunteer Emma Russell leads her group to the next telling during the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society’s cemetery walk, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon. (Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com)

DIXON - The Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society hosted the annual cemetery walk Sunday with actors telling the tales of prominent citizens of Dixon who are interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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Otto Beier, played by Jeremy Englund, and his mother Christina Beier, played by Gloria Nusbaum, tell the tale of Beier Bakery during the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society’s cemetery walk, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon. Visitors heard the tales of eight Dixon residents and their impacts on the community.

Otto Beier, played by Jeremy Englund, and his mother Christina Beier, played by Gloria Nusbaum, tell the tale of Beier Bakery during the Lee County Historical and Genealogical Society’s cemetery walk, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022 at Oakwood Cemetery in Dixon. Visitors heard the tales of eight Dixon residents and their impacts on the community. (Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com)

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