NameCarolyn Lee Wells
Birth10 May 1926, Jacksonville, Morgan Co, IL
Death19 Mar 1994, Pinehurst, Moore Co, NC
Burial23 Mar 1994, Arlington Nat'l Cem, Arlington, VA
MemoSection 64, Site 934
Misc. Notes
Wrote a 400 pg book on her direct ancestors, titled WELLS FAMILY SKETCHES, Our History in America 1682-1992. Member of Colonial Dames of XVII Century, D.A.R., United Daughters of the Confederacy, and National Society Descendants of Early Quakers.
Spouses
Birth22 Mar 1924, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI
Death18 Dec 2022, Pinehurst, Moore Co, NC
MemoFirstHealth Hospice House
EducationBachelor of Science, University Iowa, 1947; Master of Science, University Iowa, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, St. Louis University, 1970
Misc. Notes
Son of Wilson Walter and Pauline Ann (Rhodes) Dauner.
Was a Corporal in the military.
American marketing and management educator. Grantee International Business Machines Corporation, American Association Collegiate Schools of Business, 1975, Kleid Foundation, 1971.
Remarried to Denise Annette Wing on 24 Jun 1995, after Carolyn’s death.
(2018) He outlived 2 wives and just got married for a 3rd time. He traveled to Germany (WW II trips) and to India (where his new wife is a professor of economics) regularly.
[Obituary] Quad-City Times - Jan. 21, 2023
PINEHURST-
Dr. Jack Rhodes Dauner, 98, of Pinehurst, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, at FirstHealth Hospice House, in Pinehurst, NC.
Jack was born in Milwaukee on March 22, 1924, to late Wilson and Pauline Rhodes Dauner. He received a Purple Heart for a wound received in Hurtgen Forest, Germany. In 2022, Jack was awarded the French Legion of Honor medal.
After the war, Jack continued to pursue his education. He received a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Masters of Science in Commerce from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.; and a Ph.D. in business administration from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.
Jack served on the faculty of many institutions of higher learning and had his own consulting firm. He authored a number of scholarly articles and three books in marketing.
Dr. Dauner was preceded in death by his first wife, Carolyn Wells Dauner; and his second wife, Denise H. Dauner.
Jack is survived by his later wife, Dr. Natalie West Dauner; and her children, Ruth and her husband, Christian Hunter Phillips, Dannle West and Dave West; his cousins, John T. Dauner and Edward Rhodes; his sister-in/law, Margeret Wells; his nephews, R. Douglas Wells, Robert J. Wells, Steven J. Wells, Thomas G Wells, David L Wells and Jonathan J Wells; his niece, Suzanne Wells Brooks; and his goddaughters, Linda Lapp Gravelle and Karen Lapp Schneider.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at Community Congregational Church, 141 N. Bennett St., Southern Pines, NC 28387. The service will be followed by a memorial repast.
Marriage12 May 1947, Troy, Doniphan Co, KS