Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dickson, Daisy Kempton September 7, 2004
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Virginian-Pilot September 9, 2004
Daisy Kempton Dickson passed away Sept. 7, 2004. Daisy was born and spent her 
early childhood in Vienna, Austria. She was later raised in California, lived in 
New Orleans during her marriage to the late Albert D'Ossche and then resided in 
Washington D.C., where she worked for Prentice-Hall publishing. Daisy moved to 
Norfolk following her marriage to the late William P. Dickson Jr., former senior 
partner of the law firm of Wilcox and Savage, P.C.
Daisy’s mother, the late Greta Kempton, was a renowned artist, known especially 
for her portraits, including the official White House portrait of former 
President Harry S. Truman. Daisy was also an accomplished painter and was an 
active supporter of the area’s cultural and civic organizations. She was a 
former member of the boards of directors of the Virginia Zoological Society and 
the Virginia Opera, a founding member and past president of the Friends of the 
Jean Outland Chrysler Library of the Chrysler Museum, past president and member 
of the Norfolk Society of the Arts and an active member of the Lawrence T. 
Royster Circle of the Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. She was a 
devoted supporter of the Chrysler Museum, where she established the Albert 
Kempton D'Ossche Video Library in memory of her late son, Albert K. D'Ossche. 
She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Norfolk.
She is survived by her late husband’s daughters, Kate Dickson Snyder and Mary 
Petty Dickson, and their families; her sister-in-law, Anne D. Jordan of Virginia 
Beach and her sister-in-law’s children, Anne Talbott Jordan, Margaret Jordan 
Harvey and Charles Goodwin Jordan.
A memorial service will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Norfolk, at 
10 a.m. on Monday, followed by burial at Elmwood Cemetery. H.D. Oliver is 
handling arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk.


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