{"id":544021,"date":"2026-07-25T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:04:17","slug":"remembering-ronald-dixon-belfast-born-stained-glass-expert-in-us-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/544021\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Ronald Dixon: Belfast-born stained glass expert in US \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Belfast-born artist and designer Ronald Dixon left his mark on hundreds of churches across his adopted home of the United States.<\/p>\n

Described as a \u201cprolific designer, fine artist, and craftsman\u201d, his work with stained glass, mosaics and furnishings was recognised by organisations including the Interfaith Forum on Religion Art & Architecture, the Stained Glass Association of America, and the Catholic Art Institute.<\/p>\n

Mr Dixon, who died aged 85 on June 17, was born on Good Friday 1941 in Befast and earned a fine arts degree from the city\u2019s College of Art before emigrating to America at the age of 24.<\/p>\n

He built a career in stained glass and the ecclesiastical arts, working for Hopcroft Studio and Dixon Studio, among others.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>\"Cross<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cA true polymath, capable in multiple disciplines, his career went off on a variety of tangents, including technical design and print production positions at Hallmark Corporation, playing accordion in a Greek restaurant, and opening his own fine dining establishment,\u201d his obituary read.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvocations included starting to restore old Jaguars but never finishing, playing a variety of musical instruments, and sitting by one of six fireplaces at his historic home in Staunton (Virginia).<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is survived by Annie, his wife of 36 years, who managed to keep his professional talents focused on the liturgical arts.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was his steady partner in marriage, business, and the visual arts, and later his constant caregiver and the insurance provider\u2019s torment during his illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Dixon, who suffered from the rare disease aHUS, is also survived by daughters Moyanne and Shauna, two grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and his brothers David and Ken and family circle.<\/p>\n

He was predeceased by his parents Davey and Jean.<\/p>\n

His funeral took place at St Francis of Assisi Church in Staunton, Virginia on June 29.<\/p>\n

** The Irish News publishes a selection of readers\u2019 obituaries each Saturday. Families or friends are invited to send in accounts of anyone they feel has made a contribution to their community or simply led an interesting or notable life. Call Aeneas Bonner on 028 9040 8360 or email a.bonner@irishnews.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belfast-born artist and designer Ronald Dixon left his mark on hundreds of churches across his adopted home of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-544021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}