LeGree S. Daniels

LeGree S. Daniels, devoted wife of Oscar, loving mother to Joyce Daniels, Octavia Duncan and 13 Foster children, grand and great - grandmother to numerous others, predeceased by three sisters and one brother passed spiritually and peacefully with her family at home in her 85th year. In 1986, she held the position of Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. She was an active Republican organizer, eventually chairing the Black Republican Caucus. President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the position of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the nation's Department of Education. She advocated behind the scenes for the establishment of Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday. In 1990, she was appointed by President George W. Bush (senior) and was re-appointed in 1999 by President Bill Clinton to the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service. She held this position until her transition. Over the years Governor Daniels served as staff assistant to Senate minority leader Hugh Scott; as chairman of the Pennsylvania Tax Equalization Board; as commissioner of the Pennsylvania Board of Elections; and as deputy secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she served as Vice-Chairman of the National Electoral College as well as serving on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations; the Army Science Board; the President's Commission on White House Fellows; the Middle Atlantic Board of the United States Civil Rights Commission; the board of the National Endowment for Democracy and the Board of Advisors of the Pennsylvania State University. She also was the recipient of two honorary Doctorate Degrees from Clark Atlanta University in1989 and Dickinson College in 2004. On the local level, Governor Daniels served on the following: the Executive Board of the Dauphin County Republican Committee; the Black Council of Republican Women; the Dauphin County Council of Republican Women; The South Central Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Council, the Special Activities Council of Republican Women; the NAACP; the Urban League; the Board of Advisors of Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg campus; the Young Women's Christian Association, and most recently served on the Board of Director of the Heinz-Menaker Senior Center where she served as Chairperson for over ten years. She was also a Deaconess in the Tabernacle Baptist Church and a member of Esther Chapter Number One, Order of Eastern Star, PHA. Services for LeGree will be held at the Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. (Charles R. Meile Senior Pastor), with Reverend Reginald Bass eulogizing her Friday, November 25th at 11AM with viewing for family and friends at 9. Her interment will be in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens In her memory, contributions can be made to the LeGree S. Daniels Endowment Fund, The Heinz - Menaker Senior Center 1824 North Fourth Street Harrisburg, PA 17102 On behalf of the family the Hooper Memorial Home Inc. would like to thank all of you for your many acts of kindness and prayers during their hour of bereavement.