These are stories collected by Julia Uleberg Swanson with alumni who were close friends with Dacie.
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 lover 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.
Dacies 1965–69 Dixon Bond and the “Carltunes” (Singing Knights).
Jim Norris ’69
The Knights and Dacie: a great experience for a young man.
Kathy Rempel Kraft ’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.
Bonnie Rohr ’81
HR 1980–81, Loving — Caring — Grieving
Scott Russell ’81
I still miss her
Judy Bond ’58-Present
Dacie and her house: warmth and hospitality, then and now.
Tom Weaver ’69
A safe space during the chaos of the Vietnam War protests: the Grandmother everyone could claim.
Richard Adams ’71
Even Dacie could not always be Dacie: a human look at the woman behind the legend.
Alison Kraft Rempel ’78
HR 1977–78, Dacie needed help and I became the first House Resident
Kim Jones ’80
HR 1980–82, Life Lessons from Dacie
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?