Sylva Lathrop Dix, 75, of Rockford, former Chicago resident, died Friday May 10, 1991 in Placentia-Linda Hospital in Placentia, Calif.

Born January 23, 1916, daughter of Mont and Daisy Caudle Lathrop, she was a retired registered nurse.

Survivors include four sons, Paul (Nona) Thomas, Jr., Arlington Heights, Joseph (Karen) St. Charles, Mathew (Marge Kozel), Maywood and William, St. Louis, Mo.; two daughters, Antoinette (Robert) Krane, Knoxville, Tenn. and Martha (Pete) Cannon, Temecula, Calif.; seventeen grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Lorraine and Helen. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul Thomas Dix.

Services at St. James Catholic Church with burial in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.

Published in Register Star (Rockford, IL) ~ May 17, 1991