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Carolyn Daiss
Carolyn (Pounds) Daiss, age 84, former Ogallala resident, passed
away on Friday, January 2, 209 in Harvard, Nebraska.
Carolyn was born on
January 15, 1924 the daughter of Horace “Pete” and Minnie V. (Boss)
Pounds in Ogallala. She lived in Ogallala for most of her life,
leaving in October of 2003 to live next to her children in Hastings.
Carolyn graduated from the Ogallala High School in 1943, and married
Donald E. Daiss, Sr. in Grant, Nebraska on August 21, 1943. They
lived on a farm south of Roscoe until her husband was inducted into
the United States Army on March 15, 1944.
She worked for Goodall Electric until the war ended, at which time
she and her husband worked on the homestead farm south of Ogallala.
During this time in her life Carolyn and Don owned several
businesses until she returned to work with TRW Corporation in 1968.
Carolyn remained a proud employee of TRW as it transitioned into
American Suziki Corporation in the mid 1980’s, retiring in 1989.
Carolyn was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and active in
the Episcopal Church Women’s organization until moving in 2003.
She is survived by her daughter, Debby Sawyer of Hastings; two sons,
Donald Jr. and his wife Dianna of Orlando, FL, and Doyle and his
wife Donna of Hastings; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren;
and her maternal aunt, Merytle Teskie of Onega, KS. She was preceded
in death by her sister, Joyce; two brothers, Walt and Orville
Pounds; her parents; and her granddaughter, Annette Williams.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 6,
2009 at the Gubser Funeral Chapel with Reverend Mary Lou Reynolds of
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will be in the
Ogallala Cemetery.
Visitation will be held
from 9:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home and
prior to the services on Tuesday morning. Online condolences may be
sent at gubserfuneralhome.com.
Gubser Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements. |
