Tribute Honors Wanda Dalke, 82, of Whittier
Posted by Terry White on April 25, 2009
Here is a personalized tributed to a longtime member of Community Grace Brethren Church in Whittier, California. To read the entire article, click here.
Whittier’s Wanda Dalke, aka ‘Ca Ca Lady,’ dies
By Bill Bell, Correspondent
WHITTIER – Wanda Goodall Dalke had a good sense of humor. She must have thought God doesn’t mind a little humor now and then. She probably knows for sure now. She died April 10 (Good Friday), following a stroke. She was 82. . .
. . . Now, following her death, I know far more about her than ever before.
The two main things I have learned is: 1) That she and her husband, Cornelius (Corky) Dalke, who she wed in 1950, graduated from a religious university, Columbia International University, intent on becoming missionaries in Argentina and 2) Before they embarked, they learned that Mrs. Dalke had neurofibromatosis, a rare lifelong condition that was to eventually include their two sons yet to be born.
The malady involves small tumors that can spread over the whole body just under the skin.
After their missionary plans could not be realized, Dalke’s husband became a career emloyee of Southern California Edison Co. and she devoted her attention to local church work and writing.
She was very devout, turning her telephone off two hours daily for prayer. She wrote two childrens’ stories and a book of poetry and taught Sunday school to fifth-grade girls at their church.
Dalke has been a member of Community Grace Brethren Church in west Whittier for nearly 50 years.
Her husband died Sept. 3, 1982.
One of her best friends at church was Caroline Peak.
She said, “I had a great deal of respect for Wanda, especially in spiritual matters. She was very well versed in the Bible.”
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