Background
McDaniel, Bessie Lee was born on August 8, 1937 in Ravenna, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Jasper and Lula Ree (Marcum) Tipton.
counselor county government official
McDaniel, Bessie Lee was born on August 8, 1937 in Ravenna, Kentucky, United States. Daughter of Jasper and Lula Ree (Marcum) Tipton.
Certified, Brook Army Medical School, 1956. Certified floral design, Besmar College, 1975. Certified, Illinois Business Institute, 1978.
Florist, co-owner Besmar Flowers, Woodstock, Illinois, 1958-1975. Owner Besmar Kennel, Woodstock and Cary, 1963-1972. Member faculty McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, 1977-1980.
Director Veterans Work Experience Program, McHenry County, 1977-1980. State service officer American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Chicago, 1980-1981, 84-86. Nursing companion Ruth Reid Home, Hampshire, Illinois, 1981-1982.
Superintendent Lake County Veterans Assistance Commission, Waukegan, 1986-1990. Mme. advisory council Veterans for Housing, Waukegan, 1986-1988. Member advisory board Salvation Army, Waukegan, since 1987.
Board directors Lake County Coalition for the Homeless, Waukegan.
Charter member McHenry County Forum, Woodstock, 1978-1980. Sponsor, counselor Teenage Runaways, Woodstock, 1973-1975, Troubled Teens, Woodstock, 1973-1978. Founder, counselor Teenage Suicide Prevention Hotline, Woodstock, 1981-1983.
Member Mayor's Commission to Keep Zion Beautiful, 1987. Sponsor Prevention Child Abuse Program, 1977-1978. Corporal United States Army, 1955-1958.
Member American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Pearl Harbor Memorial Post 245 (life, secretary 1981), N.Chgo. Veterans Administration Medical Center (advisory committee 1988), Illinois American Veterans (life), National Veterans Cemetery.
Married Marshall Francis Gerhke, May 1, 1958 (divorced August 1975). Children: Dawn Florence, Marshall Francis II, Michelle Robin, Hope Edwina. Married Alfred Eugene McDaniel, November 11, 1986.