Paul, MN Catherine Quinn and her husband Stephen of Mahopac, NY Patrick and his wife Ember of Sisseton and Angela Fitzgerald and husband John of Centerville, MN. The children are James Michael and his wife Kristi Skordahl of St. She is survived by her husband, their four children, fourteen grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. In addition to her residence in Sisseton, she and her husband Jim spent winters at Victoria Palms, Donna, TX, for the past 21 years. Dady was a founding member of Sisseton's community fund, served as bailiff of the circuit court for more than ten years, was a past president and secretary of Sisseton's American Legion Auxiliary and was a longtime trustee of the Sisseton Library. With Joe Schuch and others, she founded and coordinated the first parish CCD religious education program at St. Peter's Catholic School and took particular pleasure in assisting with county chorus for the rural and parochial schools. Peter's Catholic Church, she sang in and directed the choir, and served as organist for many years. Dady was also editor of TRENDS, a school district newspaper for adult patrons during the time of school reorganization.Īt St. From 1966 to 1974, she was an English and Journalism teacher and faculty advisor of the school newspaper at Sisseton High School. She was a bookkeeper and partner in her husband's business and was the Sisseton correspondent for the Watertown Public Opinion. Anthony's Catholic Church in Browns Valley, MN. On June 16, 1948, she was married to James A. She then taught high school in Morris, MN. Paul, MN, where she was editor-in-chief of the Hamline Gazette. After working for a year in Fergus Falls, MN and Chanute, KS, she attended and graduated from Hamline University in St. She attended country school and graduated from Browns Valley High School in 1942. She was named for her grandmother Florence, whose nickname was Fonty Fonty became her legal name. She was born near Browns Valley, MN, on February 25, 1925, the sixth child of Arthur and Nina (Hatchitt) Duffield. A Funeral Mass was held Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at St. Visitation for Fonty Dady, 82, of Sisseton, SD was held at the Cahill Funeral Home, Sisseton, SD.

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