Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Services

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.  All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller

Donald Hancock Daley

Donald Hancock Daley passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at the age of 90.

He was born August 22, 1927 in Payson, Utah into the loving home of Joseph Arthur and Ella Empey Hancock, he was the eleventh child born into a family of 10 sisters.

He married his high school sweetheart, Gaylia Mervene Holman on October 4, 1946 and they made their home in Payson, Utah where they raised their 6 children. They were sealed for time and eternity on June 3, 1964 in the Manti Temple. They enjoyed 58 years together before her passing May 5, 2004.

Donald worked side by side with his father in the family orchard, he loved to grow apples and peaches. He provided for his family many years in those orchards until he sold them and purchased the Daley Freez which he owned and operated for over 25 years. He also worked as a heavy equipment operator, he was proud to say he built the highway across the salt flats, the Starvation Dam in Duchesne and the Mill Site reservoir in Emery County. 

He loved the outdoors and spent many hours tending his award winning yard. No one could grow Zinnia's like our dad. Nothing made him happier than spending a day in the goose hole hunting geese, 4 wheeling Payson Canyon in his Dodge truck, hunting deer or fishing on Boulder Mountain. His family has many wonderful memories of these times.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; his favorite calling was working with the scouts.

He married Norelle Jones Boyack in 2009 and they enjoyed each other's companionship, he was a loving husband and caregiver to her until her passing December 24, 2015.

He is survived by his children Donna (Steve) Tipton, Lanna (Mark) Lafferty, Shane (Carol) Daley, Susan (Ron) Lowe, Mary (Tom) Sorensen, and Arthur Daley. He also leaves behind a legacy of grandchildren and great grandchildren that always made him smile and his eyes would light up anytime they came to visit.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Ella, his wives, Gaylia and Norelle, his sisters, Rhea Davis, Ella V Hutchingson, Fern Colvin, Florence Bryson,  Blanche Whitelock, Dorothy Nielsen, Ruth Bagley, Baby Alaine, Arthurella Nickle, Baby Mormona, along with a grandson Weston Sorensen and twin granddaughters Alysia and Mylisa Daley.

The family would like to thank Richard Porter and staff at Seasons of Santaquin and Justin Smith for the loving care they have provided our dad.

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 23, 2017 at 11 a.m. at the Park Ward (Green Church), 110 South 300 West, Payson, Utah. A visitation will be held prior to service from 9:30-10:45 a.m. at the church. Interment will be held at the Payson City Cemetery.

Condolences may be sent to www.walkerobits.com.