Merle April Dickerson, 95 years old, formerly of Lizton, IN, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at Brownsburg Nursing & Rehab with family members at her bedside.

She was born April 24, 1914 near Lizton, IN, daughter of the late Cornelius Trent and Allie Livesay Trent.

She married Samuel Dickerson on November 8, 1933. They began their married life in a log house north of Lizton. They had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary before he passed away on March 28, 1984. She had worked at H.P. Wasson's, Wm. H. Block & Co. and the Lizton Post Office, but her "real" career was wife, mother and grandmother.

Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and George Desich, grandchildren, George E. Desich, Sue Bennett, Janet Hutcherson and Judy Nelson, 13 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great grandchildren. Also, surviving are her sisters, Maud Sherrard Ragsdale and Ethel Duke, 1 brother, Ray Trent and 2 sister-in-laws, Annie Trent and Ruth Trent, 12 nieces and 2 nephews, and the "foster" family of Keith and Martha Greve that she took into her home and heart.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam Dickerson, 2 infant children, and brothers, Fred, Troy and Bennie Trent.

Friends will be received Saturday, October 31, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Porter Funeral Home, Jamestown, Indiana. Services will follow at 2:30 p.m. with Garland Kincaid officiating.

Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery, North Salem, IN

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lizton United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 64, Lizton, IN 46149.

Online condolences may be made at www.robertporterfuneralhome.com