Grant Dixey, MD

Grant M. Dixey, MD, 97, of Kearsarge died January 29, 2011 at the NH Veterans Home in Tilton, following a long illness. Born in Marblehead, MA, the son of John Archer and Helen (Osgood) Dixey, he lived in Wellesley, MA for fifteen years and in Cohasset, MA for twenty years prior to moving to North Conway in 1986.
Dr. Dixey graduated from Marblehead (MA) High School. Bates College in Lewiston, ME and the Boston University School of Medicine. He interned at Salem (MA) Hospital and there met a beautiful blonde nurse, Eleanor, whom he was married to for over 65 years.
He enlisted in the US Navy the day after Pearl Harbor and served as a physician during World War II. Following the war he practiced medicine in Boston and at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, MA for 35 years.
Grant was a member of the Rotary Club in Boston and the North Conway Rotary Club. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a member and past president of the Mirimichi Renous Club in New Brunswick and an avid fly fisherman and golfer. He was also a member of the Cohasset Golf Club, Wellesley Country Club and the North Conway Country Club. Dr. Dixey was also past president and a longtime member of the New England Section of the American Urology Association and many other medical associations.
The family includes a daughter, Pamela D. Abbott and her fiancé Bob Holmes of Intervale; two grandchildren, Gatia McChesney and her husband Michael of Elkins and Marshall Abbott and his wife Angela of North Andover, MA, two great-grandchildren, Brooke McChesney and Emma Abbott and his former son-in-law, Raymond H. Abbott of Jackson.
He was predeceased by his wife, Eleanor (Hallin) Dixey, in 2010.
Graveside services will be held in Waterside Cemetery in Marblehead, MA later in the spring. There will be no visiting hours.
The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.