This story also has a link to a local TV news report in LA on the funeral. The service drew some 1200 mourners.

Her brother Jamie, the men’s coach at Pittsburgh, said he and his sister used to talk every day and that she gave him inspiration.

“She saw the good in everyone. She made everyone around her a better person. She made me a better person,” he said. “I’ve said this before — when I grow up I want to be just like her.”

Monsignor Robert Gallagher, who recalled meeting Maggie Dixon when she was “a scrawny little kid,” cited a biblical passage that says “In my father’s house, there are many dwelling places.”

“I’m not sure how many basketball courts,” Gallagher quipped.

A picture of Dixon’s Army team was placed just below the altar.

“She reached every one of their souls,” Army athletic director Kevin Anderson said.

And well beyond that.