Edward C. Daley

Edward Dailey Dies in Spokane

Edward Dailey, pioneer rancher of this county, and a long-time resident of Lusk, died December 30 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Zelda McPherson, of Spokane, Wash.

Mr. and Mrs. Daley had just returned from a trip to Chicago, where they visited their daughter, Thelma and family, and also spent some time visiting relatives in Iowas. En route home they visited at the Ray Wilson home in Casper, Mr. Wilson being Mrs. Daley's brother.

It is understood that soon after returning to their home at Chewelah, Wash., Mr. Daley was stricken with pneumonia which resulted in his death at 5:30 a.m., Sunday morning, December 30, 1945. Funeral arrangements were not learned here.

He is survived by his wife and three daughters, his son Frank preceded him in death, being one of the first flu victims in Lusk during the 1918 flu epidemic.

Thomas O. Miller and William D. Miller of Lusk are nephews of the deceased, and Mrs. Virginia Thompson of Lance Creek is a niece.

It is more than 25 years since the Daley family moved from Lusk to Washington.

Note: The article above is entered here as printed. The spelling Daley was used, as this is the spelling used by the Lusk Cemetery for his son Frank, and in obituaries of family members.

The Lusk Herald
January 17, 1946
Last Rites Held For Edward C. Daley

Funeral services for Edward C. Daley were held from the Methodist Church at Spokane, Wash., on January 2, 1946. Mr. Daley died Sunday, December 30, 1945, at St. Luke's Hospital in Spokane, following a brief illness.

Mr. Daley was born on January 12, 1868, near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, being nearly 78 years of age at the time of his death. He was married to Gertrude M. Wilson on December 29, 1897, at Lusk, Wyoming, and they resided here for twenty-two years, where their family was born and attended the Lusk schools.

In 1919 the family moved to Chewelah, Wash., where they have since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Daley had recently returned from a visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Myrl Selleg of Lombard, Ill., and with relatives in Iowa and Nebraska, and at the Ray Wilson home in Casper and were with another daughter, Mrs. Zelda McPherson of Spokane, when he contracted his last illness.

Mr. Daley was an active member of Chewelah Lodge of the Odd Fellows, which order was in charge of the graveside services at Greenwood Cemetery in Spokane, where burial was made.

Besides his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Myrl Selleg, Lombard, Ill., Mrs. Thelmas Ganoung, Chewelah, Wash., Mrs. Zelda McPherson, Spokane, Wash., he is survived by a brother, T. H. Daley of Shelby, Mont., and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, formerly of Lusk, but now of South Gate, Calif.

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