Bartholomew Daniel Daly, retired police officer
Bartholomew Daniel Daly of Lewes, formerly of Bowie, Md., died Sunday, May 24, 2020. He was born Dec. 29, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to the late Bartholomew J. Daly and Elizabeth Kelliher Daly and raised in Petworth, Washington, D.C.
Bart was a 1955 graduate of Archbishop Carrol High School in Washington, D.C. He was a Navy veteran and joined the Metropolitan Police Department in January 1960, and retired as a captain in 1981. He co-founded B&B Home Repair and Remodeling and retired while building a dream home in Lewes.
He is survived by his loving wife of 54 years, Janet Johnson Daly; his cherished children, daughter Elizabeth Anne Savoy (Steffan) and son Timothy John Daly (Melissa); grandson Miko Connor Savoy; brother Daniel Joseph Daly (Ruth), and sister Margaret “Peg” Daly Mancuso.
He is predeceased by his son Bartholomew “BJ” Francis Daly, his brother David Lawrence Daly, his sisters Catherine Daly Gittings and Elizabeth Ann Daly.
A celebration of Bart’s life will take place at a later date due to COVID-19. Donations in Bart’s memory can be made to the Dollard-Sutter Family Fund, 910 Presidential Pkwy., Upper Marlboro, MD,20772 (www.DSFFUND.org) or Parkinson’s Education and Support Group of Sussex County, PO Box 56, Lewes, DE 19958 (www.sussexdeparkinsons.com).
