Joseph P.

Delaney, Sr.

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend visiting hours for Joseph P. Delaney on Friday, August 2nd from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. in the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea, and again on Saturday, August 3rd in the Cardinal Cushing Pavilion, (adjacnt to St. Michael's Chapel), 100 Summit Ave., Chelsea from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. immediately followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at 10:00 A.M.  Services will conclude with interment and military honors at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.

At 87 years of age, Joe passed away after a year of ongoing illnesses on Thursday July 25th at the Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey.

Born and raised in Chelsea, Joe was a beloved son of the late Daniel L., Sr. and Sarah Ann (Clancy) Delaney.  Joe was raised in Chelsea where he attended local schools and later studied carpentry and graduated from Don Bosco Technical High School.  While attending Don Bosco he played basketball, his team winning the Technical Tournament.

He enlisted into the US Army and served during the Korean War. Following his Honorable Discharge from the Army he returned to his home in Chelsea.

Joe was married to Loretta (nee;Duffy) in 1959, and together raised their son and daughter in Chelsea and later moved to Saugus where they resided for the past 53 years.

Joe followed in his father's footsteps and was appointed in 1962 as a firefighter with the Chelsea Fire Dept.  He retired in 1986 after 25 years of dedicated service.

He was a longtime member of the former Irish Club of Chelsea and Chelsea Firefighters Local 937. He was a frequent communicant at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel at the Chelsea Soldiers Home in Chelsea.

In his lifetime Joe especially enjoyed time with his grandchildren, traveling and taking family vacations, playing golf and was an all-around Boston sports fan.  In addition to his parents, Joe was also predeceased by his brother Daniel L. Delaney, Jr.

Joseph is survived by his wife of 65 years, Loretta.  He was the devoted father of Joseph P. Delaney, Jr. and his wife Michelle of Brooklyn, CT, and Erin Delaney Polos and her husband Peter of Basking Ridge, NJ.  He was the cherished grandfather of Olivia, Katherine, and Ava Polos, and Patrick and Sarah Delaney.  He is also survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Joe was always proud of the fact that his mother, a nurse at the Soldiers Home, was instrumental in establishing and building the Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joe's name may be made to St. Michael the Archangel Chapel, 100 Summit Ave., Chelsea.