Edith Davis Daharsh

On February 14, 1999, Edie & I spent an evening in a community in Costa Rica which was near a birding hot spot called Rancho Naturalista. Local residents were playing bingo in the community center, later on we went to a nearby dance hall, all the ladies and gentlemen knew how to dance, a great time!!!

Card from Rick and Wamucii Morgan. Wamucii and I were so sorry to hear the news about Edie from last weekend. I know that it has been a difficult few years, and we hope you are doing as well as possible at this time. I struggle to understand just how difficult this passing is for you to grasp and to live with. We can all guess, but you are the only one who really knows. We always enjoyed Edie, her smile and especially the independent streak that led her on so many life adventures. I am sure...

In a card from Ann Lyssenko, "I always had deep respect for Edie. For her adventuresome jobs in Kenya and Saigon. Her love of Asian food. As I write this, I can hear her laugh...feel her love of life. I hope you and the birds are still in relationship. Another memory of you and Edie. So sorry for your loss...

Thank you for sending a sympathy card on behalf of Nature Forward. I met Edie on an Audubon Naturalist Society/Nature Forward natural history walk led by the Geologist of the District of Columbia Jim O´Conner called "Geology on the Mall." Later on that year Edie and I coincidentally signed up for a series of walks along the Rock Creek Park watershed with ANS/NF. Edie had to miss one of the walks so I agreed to retrace the walk with her and go over the topics discussed by the group leader,...

I knew Edie in our life at Riderwood Village. She had a calmness about her, as I got to know her I realized that in dealing with her own physical issues she had developed a special caring for others as a hospice nurse, what a gift! She reached out to our card making group--making cards for our community members in Long Term Care. It was my pleasure to know her.

Edie departed the suburbs of Chicago in the early sixties to seek employment in Washington D.C. where she found a job with the Central Intelligence Agency as a secretary. Sometime in April, 1965, Edie was assigned to the embassy in Saigon, because of a steep descent by the airplane when approaching the runway she came to realize that she indeed was in a war zone. Edie lived in a house with other women plus there was maid service and guards; a bomb exploded near the gate at some point in time,...

Approximately 53 years ago I worked with Edie for the Central Intelligence Agency in DC. We remained close friends for years after that. I was surprised when she quit the Agency to pursue a career in nursing. She told me she felt contributing to society was the most important thing we would do in our lives. I can't think of anything more important than working as a Hospice nurse. We have lost a shining star.

Aunt Edie inspired my interest in nursing back when I was a teen. And here I am again, at the end of my nursing career, following in her footsteps and working in hospice. I always enjoyed our conversations. Even when I was young, she did not talk down to me. She will be missed!

To those closest to Edie, she will be missed, her sweet personality and her love she shared to so many will always be in our memories and hearts. She was a beautiful sister-in-law and so much fun to be around. Our thoughts and prayers will always be there for Mike and the rest of her close family. She will live on in our thoughts and through our memories.