Joe and Carole Daley

After 62 years of marriage, our parents, Joseph and Carole Daley, died eight months apart. Carole (Carlson) Daley, originally of Peru, Illinois, died November 16, 2021, at the age of 84, and Joseph Daley, originally of Oglesby, Illinois, died July 24, 2022, at the age of 88. For Joe and Carole it was love at first sight. They met in Peru during high school and attended Colorado College together where Joe played football (under an athletic scholarship) and graduated with degrees in Civil Engineering and Chemistry, while Carole graduated with a degree in Botany. The Daley's lived in Chicago, Illinois after they married in 1959, then Montville, New Jersey, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and most recently for over 40 years in Destrehan, Louisiana. Joe served as a Civil and Chemical Engineer in many capacities over his long career and retired from Witco Chemical in 1996. Carole retired in June 2021 after a career as a tour guide spanning 40 years. Joe was a great outdoorsman who enjoyed fishing, hunting and golfing. Carole immersed herself in Louisiana history and could be seen giving walking tours of the French Quarter, various New Orleans museums, and Destrehan Plantation. Joe and Carole leave behind their children, Christopher Daley-Watson and Jennifer Daley Johnson (and their spouses, Stephanie Daley-Watson and Glenn Johnson, respectively), and three grandchildren, Maxfield and Flannery Daley-Watson, and Victoria Johnson. Services for Joe and Carole were private with their close family present.