 1918 - 2020 (102 years)
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| Name |
Daphne Harding |
| Born |
10 Feb 1918 |
Lyme, Connecticut, USA  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
24 Aug 2020 |
Mystic, Connecticut, USA |
| Buried |
North Lyme Cemetery, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States |
| Person ID |
I28202 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Apr 2023 |
| Father |
Ray LaPlace Harding, b. 23 Jun 1885, Lyme, Connecticut, USA , d. 8 May 1972, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Helen Jewett, b. 11 Dec 1891, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA , d. 15 Feb 1971, Essex, Connecticut, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
5 Sep 1911 |
East Haddam, Connecticut, USA |
| Family ID |
F13759 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Gerald Otis Dahlke, b. 24 Aug 1920, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA , d. 21 Jan 2014, Mystic, Connecticut, USA (Age 93 years) |
| Married |
5 Jun 1946 |
Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
5 Aug 2019 |
| Family ID |
F13781 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 10 Feb 1918 - Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
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| Married - 5 Jun 1946 - Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Died - 24 Aug 2020 - Mystic, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Buried - - North Lyme Cemetery, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, United States |
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| Notes |
- Daphne was born on February 10, 1918 to Ray and Helen Jewett Harding of Lyme Connecticut. She grew up on the family farm on Bill Hill Rd., attended a one-room schoolhouse and graduated from Pratt High School in Essex, CT. After high school she went to work at Sage Allen Department store in Hartford. In 1943 she joined the Marines where she said that she ?fought the Battle of Market Street? in San Francisco where she was stationed. Her job was in the paymaster dept. Right after World War II she met her future husband, Gerald O. Dahlke, at a New Years Eve party in Carmel, CA. They were married outside at the Harding family farm, the service being interrupted by a thunderstorm.
For a time they lived in Appleton, Wisconsin and then moved to Wethersfield, CT, where they raised their three children. After Diane, Chip and Tom were grown, Daphne and Jerry went to live in Lyme, CT, just down the road from Ashlawn Farm, where Daphne spent her childhood.
The last years of her life were lived at the Stoneridge Senior Living Community in Mystic, CT. On August 24, Daphne died peacefully at the Avalon Health Care Center in Stoneridge. Her death occurred on what would have been her husband?s 100th birthday.
Daphne was devoted to her family. She was known as an excellent cook and for her lovely gardens. The family always had pets. Daphne was especially attached to her corgi, Sam.
She was predeceased by her parents, siblings , her husband Jerry, son Glenn ?Chip? Dahlke, Tom?s wife, Cynthia Mackensie and Diane?s husband, Dale Denno. Her survivors are daughter, Diane Dahlke, son Tom Dahlke, seven grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.
The family would like to thank the staff of Avalon Health Center at Stoneridge for their good and loving care.
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