Boyd Daley

STOUGHTON - Boyd A. Daley, age 95, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Stoughton Meadows. He was born on May 5, 1928, in Oakland, Calif., the son of Oscar and Bertha (Skaar) Daley. Boyd graduated from Oak Lawn School, a one-room school near Cooksville, Wis., and Stoughton High School in 1946 .

Boyd served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1950-1952. After his honorable discharge as a corporal in the Army, he returned to a small tobacco and dairy farm. He was a member of the Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church where, over the years, he was an active member, serving as secretary of the church council. He also mowed the lawn, was on the dart ball team and was an usher in the church.

Boyd is survived by his sisters, Shirley and Evelyn Daley, brother-in-law, Don Reineke; nephew Ben (Amie) Reineke and their sons, Henry and Owen; and many first cousins in Norway. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Donald, Nolan Claire and Simon Daley; sister, and Nancy Reineke.

A funeral service will be held at WESTERN KOSHKONONG LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2633 Church St., Cottage Grove, at 11 a.m. on Monday April 8, 2024, with the Rev. Trent Saari presiding. Burial will be held at Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 10 a.m. until the time of the service on Monday.
 

A special Thank You to the staff of the Stoughton Meadows Assisted Living for the compassionate care Boyd received there. Memorials may be made to the Western Koshkonong Lutheran Church.

Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.

Gunderson Stoughton
Funeral & Cremation Care
1358 Highway 51 N. at Jackson St.
(608) 873-4590