Born January 18, 1928, she entered into God’s royal courts on April 27, 2014.
Pauline Fredrick McDaniel.
Polly was born and raised in Missouri and graduated from Monett High School. She then moved to California and was educated in shorthand and worked for the U.S. government during WW II, taking shorthand for government bonds. Polly was also crowned Miss Pismo Beach during the war. She met her husband Leland during this time, and after a six-week courtship, they were married 59 years and 10 months.
Polly and Lee ventured to Alaska and had two children. From there, they moved to Gallup and opened Lee’s Floor Covering, and after 39 years of running their business together, they retired to Prescott, Ariz.
Polly was devoted to her family, believing in the power and strength of Jesus Christ’s love and the beauty and peace that would await her after her passing. Hearing from her Savior, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” The most important aspect of her life was the Lord Jesus, her husband and her family.
Polly was preceded in death by her husband, Leland D. McDaniel. She is survived by her children, Susan Childers, and husband Doyle, David McDaniel, and wife Stephanie; four grandchildren, Jay Mataya, Elicia Marquez McDaniel, and husband Randy, Jeremiah McDaniel, and wife Kimberly, Aaron McDaniel, and significant other, Laura Burciaga; four great-grandchildren, Faith and Gracie Marquez, Max Mataya, Charlotte and Kayleigh McDaniel, and Liam Santiago McDaniel.
The family would like to extend thanks to the staff of Life Spire and Amber Hospice Care and all those who surrounded Polly and her family with prayer.
Services were held and interment followed at Vista Verde Memorial Park on May 3, 2014. To view information or leave a condolence, please visit danielsfuneral.com.
Daniels Family Funeral Services, 4310 Sara Road SE, Rio Rancho, N.M., 87124. (505-892-9920)