Edmond L. Daffron went home to be with the Lord at the age of 80. He was born at White Hall, Arkansas, one of 8 sons and 1 daughter (all who predeceased him except his brother Jesse (Aileen) who lives in Naples, Florida) born to James H. and Mamie B. Daffron. In August 1952 Ed married Billie Jean Cromwell and adopted her son Gary. He and Billie had 2 sons - Larry and Douglas. Gary has 2 children - Greg and Cathi who live in Illinois, Larry lives in North Carolina and Douglas (Missy) live in the Dominican Republic with their son Drew and daughter Mariah.
In May 1973 Ed married Helen M. Wright Lee and became stepfather to her four children - David and Nancy of St. Louis, Steven (Wanda) in Oregon,and Ronald (Deborah) in North Carolina. Steven has 3 children - Jeremy(April) and Katelyn in Oregon, and Ashley (Michael) Smith in Virginia. Ronald has 3 daughters - Amber (Jon) Van Etten and son Sean, Megan and daughter Dakota (born on Ed's 77th birthday), of St. Louis and Tiffany in North Carolina.
Ed was a wonderful and loving husband, father, stepfather, grandfather and great-grandfather as well as a beloved uncle to many nieces and nephews and their families.
At the age of 17 Ed volunteered for 2 years in the Navy. He received basic training in San Diego and was then sent to Pearl Harbor where he had the opportunity to learn data processing skills that led to his future in Data Processing. After his discharge Ed worked 18 years for McDonnell, 5 years for ITTAetna and 18 years for Ralston Purina. At each company he was head of a Data Processing Department that was instrumental in developing computer services used in businesses all over the country.
On 12/1/1988 Ed retired from Ralston Purina and he and Helen became"Snowbirds" spending 6-10 months each winter at Clerbrook RV and Golf Resort in Florida from 1988 to 2005. He happily played golf several days each week and developed a computer program that figured handicaps and pairings for the golf leagues and the Pro Shop. He was also helpful with the non-denominational Church Service each Sunday and the Men's Bible Study on Monday evenings. Because of his great interest in Genealogy, he became a Charter member of "Pastfinders", the genealogy group in Clermont, and served as President 2 years. Ed was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1992. He became a member of the Lake County Parkinson Support Group and helped them grow and benefit the Lake County area. As a result of the progression of his Parkinson's, they returned to their permanent home in Missouri in May, 2005.
Ed donated his brain to Washington University for Dr. Joel Perlmutter research of Parkinson Disease and his body to the Medical Department at Wash. U. to be used in doctors learning process.
On Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., September 19th there will be a Memorial Service to celebrate his life, held at the Westport Community Church where he has been a member for more than 30 years.
Any donations to the American Parkinson Disease Association (or justA.P.D.A.) at Washington University for Dr. Joel Perlmutter's Parkinson research will be greatly appreciated. ____________________________________________________________
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