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Remembering our Ten Mile Lake Friends...2010Gail Dahlstrom
(Information from the Minneapolis Star Tribune) Laura DaileyLaura Christensen Dailey was born September 9, 1913, in Urbana, IL but grew up on a farm in Story County, the daughter of Verna (Johnson) and Nels Christensen. She graduated from Ames High School and from Iowa State University. She was a member of several honoraries and received her degree as an honor student in home economics journalism. Following graduation she served for several years as a reporter for the woman’s page of the Washington D.C Times Herald. In 1938 she was married to William Dailey in Ames, and the couple spent the first ten years of their married life on a farm near Roland, moving to Ames in 1950. From 1953 until her retirement in 1980, she was employed by the ISU Alumni Association and the Development Office. For 27 years she earned the affection and admiration of alumni around the world who regarded her not only as a fine editor, knowledgeable speaker, ombudsman and unofficial alumni archivist, but as a personal friend. For several years she served as editor of the Iowa State Alumnus and at the time of her retirement was Assistant to the Director of Alumni Affairs. She was well known as the author of the book, Green Hills—A Pictorial History of Iowa State. In 1980 she was recipient of the Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. She truly expressed the great spirit of Iowa State. Laura greatly enjoyed her summer home on the North Shore of Ten Mile Lake, in Hackensack, MN. She made her first visits in the years immediately preceding WW II when her family came for several summers to fish. During the war, gas rationing prevented the trip north, but at the war’s end, Laura with her husband and children joined her parents and siblings in renting cabins in what was then Camp Iowa every August for nearly twenty years. In 1965, Laura and her siblings purchased the west half of the resort. The extended family regularly gathered at the lake cabin throughout each summer and Laura enjoyed lake life with gusto. After she retired from Iowa State, she spent her entire summer at Ten Mile, eventually spending 26 full summers there from 1981 through 2007. Although failing health kept her from traveling to Ten Mile for the past two years, she reminisced about her time at the lake and her many friends around its shores with great fondness. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Ames. She was preceded
in death by her husband in 1978 and by her son, William Dailey Jr., in 2007. She
is survived by daughters Susan Donaldson (Larry) of Nevada, IA and Christie
Dailey of Chicago, IL; granddaughters Sarah Dailey of Madison, WI and Amy
Williams (Clayton) of New Orleans, LA; great-grandchildren Kyle Dailey, Barrett
Williams and Hudson Williams. Memorials may be directed to the Ten Mile Lake Association, Inc. (Information provided by Susan Donaldson) |
Dahlstrom, Gail Y. Age
76 of Minneapolis. Went home to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on
1/24/10. Survived by loving husband of 53 years Dr. Donald D. Dahlstrom. Beloved
mother of daughters, Deirdre (Christopher) Hultgren, Alissa (Eric) Canfield,
Amelia (Adam) Gislason & Enid (Shane) Mason; grandchildren, Lacey, Jackson,
Olivia, Carver, Walker, Ellery, Lily Rose and Colton; brother, John B.A. Idstrom
II. Preceded in death by parents, Dr. Linneus & Gladys Idstrom. Crowned Miss
Deephaven 1951; National Collegiate Player & graduate of Gustavus Adolphus
College; former English & Drama teacher at Bryant Jr. High, Mpls.; actively
involved in the community thru Courage Center & one of the founding members of
its Auxiliary where she received the "Sweetheart Award"; ardent supporter of
Minnesota Opera thru fundraising events; former Board member of Augustana
Lutheran Church & active in their inner city ministries; co-director of
Minnesota Christian Ashram for 17 years; member of the Women's Club of
Minneapolis; recipient of the Tom Tipton Micah award; former Board member of W.
Harry Davis Foundation and Sunday School teacher for over 30 years. Memorial
Service Friday, (1/29) 1:00 PM at Hennepin Ave. United Methodist Church, 511
Groveland Ave., Mpls., MN. www.hennepinchurch.org. Memorials preferred to
Courage Center, www.couragecenter.org or Minnesota Christian Ashram. Albin
Chapel 952-914-9410 www.albinchapel.com