February 11, 2013 - Remembering Uncle David Daugherty

I'm including two newsclippings concerning my uncle David Russell Daugherty, the youngest sibling of Mom.  He's been gone almost three years.  So many good memories.  His second wife Maria has recently passed away. 

The first item was published May, 1959

Hawes-Daugherty Engagement Announced
"Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Hawes of LaGrange, Ill. announce the engagement of their daughter, Caroline Mary, to David Daugherty, son of Mrs. Fred I. Daugherty of Colorado Springs and the late Mr. Daugherty.

Miss Hawes will graduate from the University of Colorado in June.  Her sorority is Kappa Delta, and she is also a member of Alpha Delta Theta, medical technology sorority.  She is currently interning as a medical technologist at Colorado General Hospital, Denver.

Mr. Daugherty is a junior at CU, majoring in electrical engineering.

An August wedding has been planned."

Our family went to that wedding in Chicago.  I remember the lovely reception, beautiful weather, and the rather long wedding ceremony in a Catholic church.  As a family, we went to the Natural History Museum and the Brookfield Zoo.

Here is the second clipping: dated August, 1960

David Daugherty Receives B S Degree

"David R. Daugherty received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering at Colorado University, August 20th.

He is the son of Mrs. Irene Daugherty of Colorado Springs and the late Fred I. Daugherty.  He has accepted a job at Lockheed Aircraft at Burbank, Calif. as associate engineer and will begin his work there Sept. 4.

His wife, the former Caroline Hawes, is also a graduate of Colorado University - in medical technology."

And the third...much too early!

"David R. Daugherty, 71, of Allentown, Pa., died Wednesday, May 19, 2010.

His funeral Mass will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Allentown.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at Bachman, Kulik & Reinsmith Funeral Home in Allentown, and Monday from 10 - 11 a.m. at the church.

Memorials are requested to the National M.S. Society, 1 Reed St., Suite 200, Philadelphia, Pa. 19147, or National Alliance on Mental Illness, P.O. Box 759155, Baltimore, Md.  21275-9155 or www.nami.org.

David Daugherty was born in Wessington to Fred and Irene (Carrington) Daugherty.  He married Maria N. (Salerno) Capobianco.  He was an electrical engineer for Lockheed Martin, Philco Ford, Pacer Systems and Sanders.  He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and with an MBA from Temple University.

He is survived by his wife; his children, Karen (Jeffrey) Laper, Virginia (Craig) Schmith, Diane (Larry) Morrill, and Michael (Mary Jo) Salerno; a sister Helen Hostvet; a brother, Kenneth Daugherty; and eight grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters, Dolores Johnson and Beulah Goehring; and a brother, George Daugherty."

I'm at odds with portions of this obituary in that it doesn't mention being preceded in death by his first wife Caroline Mary Hawes Daugherty.  It also is inaccurate concerning the Salerno siblings.  There is Michael and then there is Mary Jo, neither of which are married.  In the original both the last names of his sister Helen and his brother George have inaccurate spellings.  And the writing says nothing of the personality and interests of this wonderful man. 

 

This is the wedding I remember as a teenager.  David and Caroline.