On July 14, 2020, James A. Daley, loving son, partner, and brother passed away at the age of 60 during a visit to the Jersey shore.
James, “Jim,” was born on November 29, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA to parents James and Leila (a.k.a Shirley) Daley. Jim was a graduate of the University of Delaware with a passion for chemistry. Throughout Jim’s career one thing remained constant, and that was his work ethic. Jim was a resident of Boothwyn, PA and when he was not working he loved to be out on the water.
Jim is survived by his sister Stacia, his girlfriend Nicole Hughes and his dear friends.
The family will be holding a private memorial in Jim’s honor. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Surfrider organization: https://www.surfrider.org
Or the next time you are by the water, please keep Jim in your thoughts and prayers.
Jim was my one true love, my soul mate, my other half, and my bestfriend. I never ever experienced a real love until I met Jim. He was my world, and I his. The pain, of his loss is devastating. My life will never be the same. nor will I ever find anyone to know me, understand me, or love me the way Jim did. However I am eternally grateful for the time (which was way too short) that I shared with Jim in this world. We shared so many laughs tears and the most intimate details of our lives together. I thank God for putting Jim and I together, Jim gave me purpose, and he made me a better woman, he was the light of my life. I pray and in my heart I know one day we will be together in eternity again. Jim will continue to be missed each second of every single day of my life.
My deepest condolences, I have worked with Jim for 11 years with Emerson. He was a great man to know. He was always upbeat and never a bad word came from his mouth. He will be greatly missed.
I’m sorry for your loss I meet James a few times.
R.I.P. Jim!! You were a good man, a good friend. Thank you for making my best friend Nicole happy for so long. You will never be forgotten!!
My Condolences to Jim’s family and girlfriend. Jim was a friend and he will be missed dearly.
Jim would call me from time to time to check on an answer he already knew. 🙂 He would explain why he called and be working through the solution before I could say a word. I never actually met Jim although we talked several times. To his family and close friends:
I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you can find comfort during this difficult time.
Jim was so helpful with my ancestry research, he remembered details and was really fun to talk to. His mother and my grandmother were friends since they were little girls, so he really was like family. God bless him, one of a kind.
Hello! I worked with Jim, although I never met him in person. All our interaction was via e-mail and phone. Jim was such a kind soul and so funny with that sharp wit. We miss him dearly! May his family find peace and comfort through this difficult time.
Jim had a tremendous reputation and an enormous amount of respect!!!
He will be missed!
Still shocked. We were packing to move to a new office recently and I had some many little things on my desk from Jim. I’ll miss gruff voice asking me how I’m doing.
Whenever I would see Jim’s number on my caller ID I would ask myself, what did we mess up this time, and I knew I would be spending the next hour either expediting parts to him or getting a contract approved so he can immediately head to a customer’s site. You see, Jim didn’t call often, but when he did it wasn’t to chat about the weather it was all about work and what he could do to better support his customers. I quickly learned that Jim took great pride in his job and he truly cared about his customers and providing the highest level of service he possibly could for them, which truly reflects on the type of person that Jim really was. Jim was a very talented Gas Analysis technician and a valued member of our team and will be missed by all of us.
My prayers and thoughts are with Jim’s family, friends and co-workers. I have worked with Jim since he started with Daniel many years ago. Over the years he became a good friend. He was always honest, trustworthy, hard-working, and very good at what he did. I respected him very much. He was a good man!
I will miss him.
I worked with Jim at least 4x/year for about a decade. While I didn’t know him personally other than the info we shared while on-site, I found out quickly that Jim was an amazing, fun-loving person who took his work seriously. His technical knowledge got us out of a lot of jams, and he would always take the time to explain things to us rather than rush the job. He would always show up earlier than scheduled, and would go above and beyond for us, often times skipping lunch, staying late and even driving long distances to grab a spare part.
My sympathies go out to his close family and friends, if he held the same passions in his personal life as he did in his work life (which I can guarantee he did), then I knew he will deeply be missed.