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*#LT Gilbert L Dailey, USNR (1954-1958 ) | |||
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Nickname: Gil Branch: USNR Commission: AOC 1955 Pre-Flight: Navcad 28-54 Wings Year: 1956 Active Years: 1954-1958 Reserves: Mil Retirement: Last Location: NJ |
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Highlights: DECEASED 2000 |
| — Gil Dailey May 15, 2007 | |||
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LT Gilbert L Dailey Jr USNR 1954-1958
Gilbert L. Dailey, Jr. was a native of Harrisburg, PA, and a graduate of Georgetown University. He entered the Navcad program with Class 28-54, and received his wings in 1956. Upon completion of his military obligation in 1958, he joined Panagra Airlines. In 1960, he turned to Allegheny Airlines (now USAirways) where he was a pilot until early retirement in 1986. He then went with Jet Aviation for five years, flying out of Teterboro, NJ. Gil died after a long battle with colon cancer on June 25, 2000, leaving Carol, his wife of 38 years, and children. (See more details in the obituary below.) Carol is now living in New Jersey and may be reached with the contact form.
— Carol Dailey, June 26, 2007
Gilbert L. Dailey Jr.
Gilbert L. Dailey Jr., 68, resident of Marsh Point, Yarmouth Port, Mass., formerly of Amherst, NH, died June 25, 2000, at the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass.
He was born in Harrisburg, Pa., on Aug. 8, 1931, a son of the late Dr. Gilbert L. and Helen (Geiser) Dailey.
Mr. Dailey had been a resident of Yarmouth Port, Mass., for the past year and a half and had formerly resided in Amherst for 25 years.
He attended Valley Forge Military Academy and graduated from Georgetown Prep School and Georgetown University.
Mr. Dailey completed his flight training at Pensacola Naval Air Station. He had served as a Marine Fighter Pilot and had been stationed in El Toro, Calif.
He was a pilot for Pan-American Grace Airways, Lima, Peru for two years, U.S. Airways for 27 years and Jet Aviation for five years.
Mr. Dailey was a member of the Quiet Birdman.
Mr. Dailey was a communicant of St. Patrick Church, Milford, and St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis, Mass.
He was predeceased by a son, Matthew Gilbert Dailey.
Family members include his wife, Carol (Welte) Dailey of Yarmouth Port, Mass.; two daughters, Lynne Dailey of Brookline, Mass., and Diana Talhami of London, England; two sons, Mark Dailey of Pinehurst, N.C., and Jeffrey Dailey of New London; four grandchildren, Andrew Dailey of Pinehurst, N.C., Noah and Jake Talhami of London, England, and Katherine Dailey of New London; two brothers, Dr. Edward Dailey of Lemoyne, Pa., and William Dailey of Media, Pa.; a sister, Mary Anne Jones of New York, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews.
There are no visiting hours. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Friday, June 30, at 11 a.m. in St. Patrick Church, 34 Amherst Street, Milford.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Share Program, PO Box 27, Milford, NH 03055.
The Smith and Heald Funeral Home, Milford, is in charge of arrangements.