Dr. Roger Alan Daley M.D. Ph.D.

1953 - 2021

Dr. Roger Alan Daley, MD, PhD

Richfield - Dr. Roger Alan Daley, MD, PhD, 68 of Richfield, Wisconsin, died Saturday, June 12, 2021, at the UW Health University Hospital from complications following a double lung transplant for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Dr. Daley was born February 7, 1953, in Catskill, New York, the second son and one of six children of Frank and Natalie Daley. Dr. Daley graduated with the class of '71 from Catskill High School where he lettered in basketball, baseball and golf, played the lead in the junior class play, and served as senior class president. He attended Adrian College in Michigan, where he was elected freshman class president, and later transferred to State University of New York College at Oneonta, from which he graduated in 1975 with a degree in biology. He then enrolled in the State University of New York at Buffalo, receiving his PhD in Anatomy in 1982 studying cytoskeletal microanatomy under Dr. Barry Eckert, and his MD in 1985, fulfilling his lifelong dream to become a physician. He pursued an internship in general surgery at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine and completed residency training in orthopedic surgery with a fellowship in Hand, Upper Extremity & Microvascular Surgery at the Brown University-affiliated Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI. In 1992 he married Kathleen O'Donnell, a nurse at Rhode Island Hospital, and together they moved to Milwaukee Wisconsin where Dr. Daley had a distinguished career on the faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin as Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director, Division of Hand, Upper Extremity & Microsurgery. From 1996-2003 he also served as Chief, Orthopaedic Surgery, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Daley and his wife lived for 29 years on a 16-acre farm in Richfield WI where they pursued their creative passions while raising 6 children, dozens of prize-winning alpacas and llamas, as well as mini-horses and dogs. Dr. Daley was an exceptional skier and served as a member of the Ski Patrol at Heiliger Huegel Ski Club. His love and dedication to family and friends shone through in all he did, including his creative ventures in maple syrup sugaring, beekeeping, hunting, woodworking, theatre, farm projects, and art, all while keeping everyone entertained with his humor. His talents, love, and teachings will live on through his family, friends, colleagues, patients, students, and all who loved him. Dr. Daley is survived by his wife Kathleen, daughters Elizabeth Hallock, Alexis Daley, Chloe Daley, and Emma Daley and sons Michael Hallock, Roger Alan Daley, Jr (known as Hunter), siblings Frank, Allaire, Suzanne, George, and Elizabeth, and four grandchildren. memorial service will be held for family and friends at The Wisconsin Club / Country Club, 6200 Good Hope Rd, Milwaukee WI 53223 on July 9, 2021 from 2-6PM. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the ""Roger A. Daley Hand and Upper Extremity Surgical Education Fund," Medical College of Wisconsin, Attn: Office of Institutional Advancement, P.O. Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509