Dixie J. Blacken (91) resident of Santa, ID passed away on July 17, 2025, at her home. She

was born to Herman and Barbara Brokofsky and joined her older sister Doris. Later her

brother Jim joined the family. The Brokofsky family couldn’t be together much longer after

that as her mother developed pneumonia and passed away. Her father adopted out the 3

children to separate families, so seeing each other was rare. Dixie was then adopted by

Howard and Della Craven when she was almost 2 years old.

Dixie grew up in the Everett, WA area and went to Garfield grade school until her parents

divorced. Sometime after, Della married Wilfred Williams and moved to Arlington where

Dixie graduated from High School with the class of 1952. She worked during her last two

years of high school at the local theater, a job she very much enjoyed.

Following graduation, Dixie went to work at J.C. Penney Co in Everett as a cashier. Times

were different and this was when they had the tubes to send back your change. It was then

she met husband to be Ray Christoffersen. They married in January 1955, and in May Ray

went to work at shell oil co. in Anacortes. The couple had their 2 boys, Greg and

Curt, and after a few years the family moved to Mt. Vernon where they stayed for 12 years.

When the family moved from Mt. Vernon, they settled down in Conway, WA where they lived

for 25 years. Ray passed away in 2009.

One day Dixie got a call from an old friend from school, and his name was Ray too! As it

turns out, Ray Blacken and Dixie were married, and she moved to Santa, ID where she

made her permanent home with him.

Dixie loved the outdoors, and once she joined Ray in North Idaho, she enjoyed riding in the

side by side, hunting with hounds, and trapping wolves with him. She also loved to take

walks on her property and care for her beautiful flowers.

Dixie is survived by her husband Ray at their home in Santa; sons Greg and Rosalina

Christoffersen and Curt Christoffersen; grandson Kyle Christoffersen; Ray’s family Vicki

Blacken, Lucinda VanValkenburg, Lynette Henek, Perry Blacken, and too many others to

list. She is preceded in death by her parents; her first husband Ray Christoffersen; and

Laurin Blacken and Karen Cromwell.

At Dixie’s request there will be no services, and she will be laid to rest at Pleasant Ridge

Cemetery in LaConner, WA. You may visit her online tribute and send her family

condolences at hodgefuneralhome.com.