1925 – 2014

WEST PARIS — Edward F. Daley, 88, of Dixfield, died Tuesday morning, April 29, at Ledgeview Living Center.

He was born in Portland on June 28, 1925. Alward and Ruth Daley raised him from the age of 3 in the Dixfield area. He attended local schools and graduated from Dixfield High School in 1944.

Ed enlisted in the U.S. Army immediately after graduation and served during World War II from 1944 to 1946, predominately in Munich, Germany, in the European Theater. He was discharged with the rank of sergeant (tech-4).

On April 29, 1949, he married Kathleen I. “Katie” Libby in Farmington. They made their home in Dixfield — in a house he built himself — while he worked for over 35 years at the former Oxford Paper Co. as a millwright and machinist.

Ed had a love of music and enjoyed playing various instruments, namely the guitar. He enjoyed a good walk in the woods and particularly cutting wood on his various woodlots. The center of his life and truly his greatest pleasure was time spent with his family. He always paid particular attention and took great measures to make sure they were safe, happy and healthy.

He is survived by his wife, Katie, of Dixfield; nine children, Shirley Cornell and her husband, Robert, of Hamilton, N.Y., Gerald Daley and his wife, Gayle, of Dixfield, Patrick B. Daley of Sabattus, Darlene Ryder and her husband, Gary, of Lisbon, Edward Daley and his wife, Jeannine, of Bowdoin, Lillian Belanger and her husband, Rick, of Lewiston, Pastor Robert Daley and his wife, Terrie, of Panama City, Fla., the Rev. Thomas Daley and his wife, Linda, of Lewiston and John Daley of Dixfield; 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Emily Houghton of Dixfield, Gerard Daley and his wife, Vaughn, of Dixfield and Alwin Daley and his wife, Jeannie, of Alexander. He is also survived by a special niece, Cathy Marsden, of Haverhill, Mass.

He was predeceased by siblings, Marion Hebert, Alice Kinney, John Daley and Robert Daley.

Words of condolence and tribute may be shared with his family and friends on his tribute wall at www.wilesrc.com.