Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), March 26, 2006, Sunday

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Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York)

March 26, 2006 Sunday

SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 4LOCAL

HEADLINE: Obituaries

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Monica Daly Age 77, of Seattle, WA, the wife of William T. Nailen, died Thursday, March 23, at her home surrounded by her family. Born in Elmira, NY, she was the daughter of Robert E. and Beatrice Macdonald Daly. She attended St. Patrick's School and was a 1946 graduate of the Elmira Free Academy. In the 1950s, she worked for the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, and for the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She was a former resident of Horseheads and Forest Hills, NY; Granada Hills, Northridge and Palo Alto, CA; and Trumbull, CT. She was a homemaker, a gardener, a weaver and a staunch opponent of the Bush administration. In addition to her husband of 51 years, she is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Michael C. Nailen and Tilman C. Smith of Seattle; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Laura A. Nailen of Bridgeport, CT, Margaret E. Nailen and Erik Feltstrom of Mountlake Terrace, WA, and Sara N. and Brett A. Matschke of Trumbull, CT; four grandchildren, Brady and Langston Nailen and Nailen and Peter Matschke; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Margaret Schornstheimer of Elmira, NY, and Mary and William Richards of Doylestown, PA; a brother and two sisters-in-law, Robert E. and Victoria Daly of Palmyra, NY, and Clara Daly of Horseheads, NY; many nieces and nephews; and a longtime dear friend, Barbara Mnookin of Prairie Village, KA. She was predeceased by a brother, Joseph Daly; and a sister, Loretta Daly Hughes.