Edward F. Delaney

Peabody – Mr. Edward F. Delaney, of Peabody, formerly of Waltham, died Friday, August 30, 2013 at his home. He was 85.

Known as 'Buddy' to many family and friends he was born in Waltham on December 3, 1927, a son of the late Edward F. and Frances (Shea) Delaney, and had been a lifelong resident before moving to Brooksby Village in Peabody seven years ago.

He joined the United States Army after graduating from Saint Mary's High School in Waltham in 1945 and after his discharge attended Manhattan College in New York City earning a degree in civil engineering in 1951. An engineer all his life, Ed also did graduate studies at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge and at the University of Maryland.

Until his retirement Ed worked as the director of the Waltham Department of Public Works, a position he held for twenty-three years. Before that he worked as an engineer for the Commonwealth of Masschusetts, Perini Construction Company and at Sika Chemical Corporation.

He was a lifelong member of Saint Mary's Parish in Waltham where he was a longtime Eucharistic minister before his move to Peabody. For the past twenty years he also spent half the year at his home in Naples, Florida.

Ed leaves his wife, Mary E. (Eaton) (McNamara) Delaney; his children, James R. McNamara of Marshfield, Michael F. McNamara and his wife, Ida, of Burlington, Vermont, Maureen A. Delaney and her husband, Shaun McCallum of Waltham and Joseph E. Delaney and his wife, Jennifer, of Reading; his grandchildren, Sarah and Rebecca McNamara, David and James McCallum and Matthew, Katherine and Julia Delaney; his sisters, Maureen Delaney of Waltham and Eileen Debany of Garden City, New York and many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends will honor and remember Ed's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Tuesday, September 3rd, from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where his Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.

In appreciation for the wonderful care that Ed received his family has suggested memorial donations be made to Residence Care Fund, c/o of Beth McNelis, 200 Brooksby Village Drive, Peabody, MA 01960 or to Beacon Hospice, Suite 101, 529 Main Street, Boston, MA 02129.