On April 18th 2024 we said a heavy hearted temporary goodbye to the world’s best dad, grandpa, husband, and friend.
Alan “Dixon” Shumway was born on July 26, 1956 to Wilma Waddoups and Mark Shumway.
Dixon practically entered the world on a dirt bike, and that’s what made his world go round. The life of a dirt bike rider is a fun one. You naturally have the coolest friends, the best camp fires, funniest jokes, and the tallest tales. Dixon rode for fun and raced for fun. He raced as an expert desert racer and was a Utah Desert Fox. Dixon and his friends founded a club for the Who’s Who of desert racing, known as Wounded Knee.
Dixon shared his love of the dirt bike/camping life with his family. He bought his daughter her first Honda 50 when she was 5. As his family grew so did his collection of dirt bikes and toys. He wasn’t about to have kids or grandkids on a camp trip without something fun to ride.
Dixon had a successful career as an engineer. He was well respected, worked on some once in a lifetime projects, and shared his knowledge with his peers.
Dixon is survived by his wife Cindy, daughter Angie (Steve), Angie’s mom Judy, step-daughter Heather, step-son Travis, grandchildren Hanna, Reilly, Owen, Haley (Truck), Lauren (Dylan), Kjirsten (Rina), Shantel (Austin), Shad (Tiff), Riley, and great grandchildren Oliver, Kohen, Daxton, and Lexi, siblings Janice (OJ), Deanne, and Kent (Julie). He is preceded in death by his parents Mark and Wilma, and siblings Tracy, Charles, Mark, and Michael.
A celebration of life camp trip/campfire will be held at a date to be determined.
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That’s a great picture of Dixon. He was a wonderful person and will be missed. ❤️
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I’m the luckiest girl in the world to get to refer to you as “my dad.” Your loving encouragement, sound advice, and eagerness to share your knowledge, all delivered with your amazing sense of humor, definitely makes you a one in a lifetime type of dad and grandpa. We will never be the same without you, but we will continue to live and represent all that you have inspired and instilled in us. I love you so much and I miss you dad.
I’m so sad to hear about Dixon’s passing. Dixon is my cousin, four years older than me. As children when his family would occasionally come to Franklin to visit, all the cousins spent most of our time outside playing on the farm. But the one thing I remember most about Dixon is he always had a smile on his face. He seemed to love life and anything outdoors. Sadly, we haven’t been in touch over the years since becoming adults and going our various ways, but I sincerely appreciated his thoughtfulness of coming all the way up to Idaho to attend my mom’s funeral (his aunt Fern) in September of 2022. He is truly a man with a good heart. I loved reading the little insights into his life in the obituary. Thank you. I wish I would have known him better as an adult. I want to send my love and condolences to all of his family. I know he will be greatly missed.
I worked with Dixon for a few years at Vivint. He made such a tremendous impact on my career and life outlook as a young professional. He was generous, funny, kind and incredibly wise. In a short time I gained a tremendous respect for him. There was many times I’d go home and tell my wife about how much I wanted to grow up to be like Dixon. In just a few short years he made an indelible impression on my professional and personally. He’s still the kind of man I aspire to be. My deepest condolences to the family, he was truly an incredible person.
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