Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Robert “Bud” Daley, US Air Force Retired, a long time resident of Waddington, passed quietly away among family on 6 December, 2017, at Partridge Knoll in Canton NY at the age of 96.
He is survived by five sons, Michael and wife Emme of Mt. Gretna, PA, Robert and wife Christina of Spring Mills, PA, Patrick and wife Carol of Raleigh, NC, Thomas of Denver, CO, Matthew and wife Beth of Waddington, one daughter, Jane Steiner of Atlanta GA, twenty grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
His wife of 68 years, Mary “Bev” Daley, died in 2011.
Born in Kingston Ontario, he was raised in and around Cape Vincent NY, where he excelled as a student athlete in basketball and was his high school league’s champion tennis player. Although he received a college basketball
scholarship, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II. He initially served as an instructor pilot, eventually becoming a fighter pilot, flying the nation’s most modern aircraft, including the P-51 Mustang and the P-40 Warhawk. After the war, he was assigned to the Army’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as a special agent in occupied Austria. Upon return to the United States, he transferred to the US Air Force, where he alternatively served as a KC-97 tanker pilot and Air Force OSI investigator. As a KC-97 pilot, he and his crew won the inaugural National Navigation and Refueling Championship in 1958 as part of the Strategic Air Command Bombing Competition. Upon retirement from the military as a Lieutenant Colonel, he served as the Assistant to the St. Lawrence County District Attorney until full retirement in 1982.
He lived in Waddington for 48 years before moving to Canton in 2014.
He was an avid golfer and former club champion at Twin Brooks Club in Waddington. He was also a member of the American Legion for 73 years.
A celebration of his life will be announced at a future date. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Phillips Memorial Home, Waddington.
www.PhillipsMemorial.com
He is survived by five sons, Michael and wife Emme of Mt. Gretna, PA, Robert and wife Christina of Spring Mills, PA, Patrick and wife Carol of Raleigh, NC, Thomas of Denver, CO, Matthew and wife Beth of Waddington, one daughter, Jane Steiner of Atlanta GA, twenty grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
His wife of 68 years, Mary “Bev” Daley, died in 2011.
Born in Kingston Ontario, he was raised in and around Cape Vincent NY, where he excelled as a student athlete in basketball and was his high school league’s champion tennis player. Although he received a college basketball
scholarship, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II. He initially served as an instructor pilot, eventually becoming a fighter pilot, flying the nation’s most modern aircraft, including the P-51 Mustang and the P-40 Warhawk. After the war, he was assigned to the Army’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as a special agent in occupied Austria. Upon return to the United States, he transferred to the US Air Force, where he alternatively served as a KC-97 tanker pilot and Air Force OSI investigator. As a KC-97 pilot, he and his crew won the inaugural National Navigation and Refueling Championship in 1958 as part of the Strategic Air Command Bombing Competition. Upon retirement from the military as a Lieutenant Colonel, he served as the Assistant to the St. Lawrence County District Attorney until full retirement in 1982.
He lived in Waddington for 48 years before moving to Canton in 2014.
He was an avid golfer and former club champion at Twin Brooks Club in Waddington. He was also a member of the American Legion for 73 years.
A celebration of his life will be announced at a future date. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Phillips Memorial Home, Waddington.
www.PhillipsMemorial.com
Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Robert “Bud” Daley, US Air Force Retired, a long time resident of Waddington, passed quietly away among family on 6 December, 2017, at Partridge Knoll in Canton NY at the age of 96.
He is survived by five sons, Michael and wife Emme of Mt. Gretna, PA, Robert and wife Christina of Spring Mills, PA, Patrick and wife Carol of Raleigh, NC, Thomas of Denver, CO, Matthew and wife Beth of Waddington, one daughter, Jane Steiner of Atlanta GA, twenty grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
His wife of 68 years, Mary “Bev” Daley, died in 2011.
Born in Kingston Ontario, he was raised in and around Cape Vincent NY, where he excelled as a student athlete in basketball and was his high school league’s champion tennis player. Although he received a college basketball
scholarship, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II. He initially served as an instructor pilot, eventually becoming a fighter pilot, flying the nation’s most modern aircraft, including the P-51 Mustang and the P-40 Warhawk. After the war, he was assigned to the Army’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as a special agent in occupied Austria. Upon return to the United States, he transferred to the US Air Force, where he alternatively served as a KC-97 tanker pilot and Air Force OSI investigator. As a KC-97 pilot, he and his crew won the inaugural National Navigation and Refueling Championship in 1958 as part of the Strategic Air Command Bombing Competition. Upon retirement from the military as a Lieutenant Colonel, he served as the Assistant to the St. Lawrence County District Attorney until full retirement in 1982.
He lived in Waddington for 48 years before moving to Canton in 2014.
He was an avid golfer and former club champion at Twin Brooks Club in Waddington. He was also a member of the American Legion for 73 years.
A celebration of his life will be announced at a future date. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Phillips Memorial Home, Waddington.
www.PhillipsMemorial.com
He is survived by five sons, Michael and wife Emme of Mt. Gretna, PA, Robert and wife Christina of Spring Mills, PA, Patrick and wife Carol of Raleigh, NC, Thomas of Denver, CO, Matthew and wife Beth of Waddington, one daughter, Jane Steiner of Atlanta GA, twenty grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
His wife of 68 years, Mary “Bev” Daley, died in 2011.
Born in Kingston Ontario, he was raised in and around Cape Vincent NY, where he excelled as a student athlete in basketball and was his high school league’s champion tennis player. Although he received a college basketball
scholarship, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II. He initially served as an instructor pilot, eventually becoming a fighter pilot, flying the nation’s most modern aircraft, including the P-51 Mustang and the P-40 Warhawk. After the war, he was assigned to the Army’s Office of Special Investigation (OSI) serving as a special agent in occupied Austria. Upon return to the United States, he transferred to the US Air Force, where he alternatively served as a KC-97 tanker pilot and Air Force OSI investigator. As a KC-97 pilot, he and his crew won the inaugural National Navigation and Refueling Championship in 1958 as part of the Strategic Air Command Bombing Competition. Upon retirement from the military as a Lieutenant Colonel, he served as the Assistant to the St. Lawrence County District Attorney until full retirement in 1982.
He lived in Waddington for 48 years before moving to Canton in 2014.
He was an avid golfer and former club champion at Twin Brooks Club in Waddington. He was also a member of the American Legion for 73 years.
A celebration of his life will be announced at a future date. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Phillips Memorial Home, Waddington.
www.PhillipsMemorial.com
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