These are stories collected by Julia Uleberg Swanson with alumni who were close friends with Dacie.
Judy Bond ’58
Dacie and her house: warmth and hospitality, then and now.
Parker Palmer ’61
Dacie was like the sun and the sky — she held everything — was steady as a rock.
Barbara Mitchell Mauk ’62 & Bonnie Berger Barnum Porte ’63
A Dacie Christmas cactus story.
Hosting a birthday tea for Dacie in the Carleton Tea Room, talking to Dacie as she was dying, naming the many people who love her, and never being afraid of death again. So many memories!
Lea Mauk ’63
The beginning of beer muffins, bran muffins, coffee, and juice.
A funny story: Dacies’s sense of humor.
Takashi James Kodera ’69
1965–69. Dacie created home for me, she helped me maintain my sanity.
1965–69. Dixon Bond and the “Carltunes” (Singing Knights).
Jim Norris ’69
The Knights and Dacie: a great experience for a young man.
Tom Weaver ’69
A safe space during the chaos of the Vietnam War protests: the Grandmother everyone could claim.
Elizabeth (Liz) Davenport McKune ’70
Dacie saved my life. I like to think of her as a Soul Sister.
Richard Adams ’71
Even Dacie could not always be Dacie: a human look at the woman behind the legend.
Kathy Rempel Krafft ’75
HR 1974–76. Dacie was my very good friend.
Tim Vick ’76 & Glenn Lee ’80
1974+. Our favorite Dacie Dudes! A lifetime of care.
Alison Krafft Rempel ’78
HR 1977–78. Dacie needed help and I became the first House Resident.
Bonnie Rohr ’81
HR 1980–81. Loving — Caring — Grieving.
Scott Russell ’81
I still miss her.
Paul Sanford ’81
Honorary Porch Resident 1978–81. To me, Dacie was a saint — a mom — a sanctuary.
Jane Woodwell ’83
HR 1981–82. After Dacie dies, who carries the House legacy?