Geraldine “Jeri” Dailey, 82, Columbia City, passed away at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at home.

Born Dec. 21, 1933 in Etna-Troy Township of Whitley County, she was the daughter of Samuel Elza and Josephine Allegra (Rowland) Gaff.

With the exception of a brief time when she resided in Muncie, she was a lifelong resident of Whitley County.  Her formal education was received in the public schools of Larwill where she graduated with Larwill High School’s Class of 1952 and in Muncie’s International Business College. On Sept. 4, 1954 she married Gerald R. Dailey at First Church of God in Columbia City. She retired in 1991 from the Columbia City Kroger grocery store. She was a member of the Indiana Bird Fanciers and Hoosier Exotics.

Survivors include her son, Daniel (Rita) Dailey, of Columbia City; daughters: Allegra Joy North, of Fort Wayne; and Linda (Larry) Rohrbach, of Fort Wayne; sisters: Alice Parker, of Larwill; and Grace Brower of Columbia City; grandchildren: Stephen, Kalah, Michael, Kendra, Samuel and Caleb; and great-granddaughters: Grace and Alyssa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gerald Dailey in 2007; sisters: Bernice Nickerson, Ruby Horton, Gertrude Gaff, Pearl Secrist, Ellen Puff, Velma Miller, Carol Cool; and infant sister, Marian Gaff; brothers, Robert, Forrest and Jesse Gaff; and a grandson, Matthew Dailey.

Visitation is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at DeMoney-Grimes, a Life Story Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Drive, Columbia City. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with visitation one hour prior. Certified Funeral Celebrant Sharon Brockhaus will be officiating.

Memorial gifts may be given in Jeri’s memory to National Parkinson Foundation or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home.