Aunt Chardy: My two grandson's and family. They had this throw made for my Christmas .It's beautiful

Lije Dailey

Lije Dailey was a good man. He worked hard and he played hard. Family was absolutely everything. He raised a family with Juanita. Became a Grandpa with Dixie. and spent his final years with his third wife. He had a big voice and a big heart. He tried to right wrongs and mend fences. He raised cows, sheep, goats, dogs, horses, chickens, and even had a couple of llamas, wild Mustangs, and a donkey. Alfalfa hay, corn, beans, and a huge garden. He sold Pioneer Seed. He got excited about projects. Terraces, ponds, timed AI. He fished. He danced. and he loved his kids and grand kids and great grandkids. You saw him at basketball games, FFA Banquets, and graduations. Good Morning, Lije. You were one of a kind.

ELIJAH'S OBITUARY Elijah Dean Dailey

1941-2021 Mercer, MO: Elijah Dean Dailey, 79, Mercer, MO passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at his home in Mercer, MO. He was born on June 11, 1941 in Mercer, Missouri the son of Howard Karl and Mabel Marie (Shroyer) Dailey. On April 26, 2015, he married Donna Lee Kemery in Princeton, Missouri. She survives of the home. Elijah was a graduate of Mercer High School in 1959. He then spent a year at Missouri University in Columbia followed by a semester at Central Missouri State in Warrensburg, MO. He then worked as a farmer and also sold Pioneer Seed Corn. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Mercer and a former trustee and board member of Summerset Township. Elijah enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing in his spare time. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter, Dianna Lee Rogers. In addition to his wife, Elijah is survived by his sons, Kevin (Debra) Dailey, Mercer, MO and David (Melaissa) Dailey, Mt. Juliet, TN; sister, Deanna Schreffler, Roseville, CA; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; five nieces and many cousins. Elijah has been cremated under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Princeton, MO. The family will hold Memorial Services and an Inurnment in Wilder Cemetery, Mercer, MO at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com updated obituary, with wifes name at their marriage, and daughter-in-in-laws name spelled correctly. ELIJAH'S OBITUARY Elijah Dean Dailey 1941-2021 Mercer, MO: Elijah Dean Dailey, 79, Mercer, MO passed away Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at his home in Mercer, MO. He was born on June 11, 1941 in Mercer, Missouri the son of Howard Karl and Mabel Marie (Shroyer) Dailey. On April 26, 2015, he married Donna Lee Turnipseed in Princeton, Missouri. She survives of the home. Elijah was a graduate of Mercer High School in 1959. He then spent a year at Missouri University in Columbia followed by a semester at Central Missouri State in Warrensburg, MO. He then worked as a farmer and also sold Pioneer Seed Corn. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Mercer and a former trustee and board member of Somerset Township. Elijah enjoyed fishing, hunting, and dancing in his spare time. He was preceded in death by his parents and his daughter, Dianna Lee Rogers. In addition to his wife, Elijah is survived by his sons, Kevin (Debra) Dailey, Mercer, MO and David (Melissa) Dailey, Mt. Juliet, TN; sister, Deanna Schreffler, Roseville, CA; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; five nieces and many cousins. Elijah has been cremated under the direction of Roberson Funeral Home, Princeton, MO. The family will hold Memorial Services and an Inurnment in Wilder Cemetery, Mercer, MO at a later date. Online condolences may be left at www.robersonfuneralhome.com

Mercer Alumni Fundraiser

Donna Hashman,left, Marie Dailey, right, pose with the crazy quilt which will be raffled off. This year we were saddened by the untimely death of the Mercer Alumni President Wayne Shroyer. Marie Dailey-Hass has donated a beautiful quilt again this year to be offered for raffle "In Memory of Wayne Shroyer", who was her brother. It is a crazy quilt of many colors with the base color dark green and is 75x95, full size. It will be on display at the Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri in Mercer until the Mercer Homecoming on Labor Day weekend. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5, with all proceeds going to the Alumni Scholarship fund. The drawing for the quilt will be at the annual Alumni Dinner August 31st at the North Mercer School. Thank you The Mercer County Geneaological and Historical Society Museum Committee would like to thank all the volunteers who participated in the Early Cemetary Stroll on Saturday. Special thanks to....Marie Hass for the beautiful quilt...

sigh.

"MARIE PASSED 02-18-2018, WHY IS STUFF BEING ADDED TO HER ACCOUNT???? SEEMS WEIRD AND IS DEFINITELY UNAUTHORIZED!!!!!" this was commented on a FB album from Aug. 2020 by an 'in-law". I don't follow her. and will now unfriend her. this is how you get deleted from my copy of the family history. I am a petty woman. ...

my Aunt Mary, like many other older Americans, is feeling cut off from the world during this Covid 19 pandemic.

she lives in a city. she is retired, so is not an essential employee. she has nowhere to go...she can't volunteer at The Vaile as she has for many years, it is closed due to Covid. her church, her favorite cafe to meet friends for pie and coffee, the senior center, the library, her creative writing classes, the nursing homes where she visits old friends....all closed. does she feel safe enough to mask up and go to thrift stores? or are they open? she enjoyed buying stuff for her Christmas room at the Vaile...but the Vaile didn't have Christmas this year. Dr. appointments being rescheduled and rescheduled and rescheduled. her long time male friend passed away. The weather keeps her from walking and getting out. January is her least favorite month any year, but now even more so with the pandemic and losing Fred. She was home alone all day on Christmas Day, a first in her 80 years. her sister Freeda did call her that evening. (which is her only family now, since her brothers Roger and my dad are gone.) I feel bad for her. if she lived in a smaller town, like me, maybe she could get out more. it feels safer here. yeah, there are some Covid cases, and the chance of the occasional murder or robbery, but safer. but her life is in the city. she's been there since high school. she never got to have children (or grandchildren and great grandchildren) to ignore her at the holidays. she doesn't even have a computer or internet to keep in touch. I wish she did. it would open up a whole new world to her. she is an avid letter writer, just like her mother. and she has her land line. and a cellular phone. hang tough, Aunt Mary. hang tough. maybe you'll be enjoying pie and coffee with dear friends again soon. and going to church game night. and decorating that room at The Vaile. here's hoping.

on this day in family history....

January 4, 2021. KJ Dailey and Taylore Andrus Dailey divorce finalized.