Daniel F. Largey

Daniel F. Largey of Squantum died Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a brief battle with cancer. Dan was a lifelong resident of Squantum, which he referred to as ‘Paradise Penninsula’. Dan purchased a Cape-Cod-style house on the marsh, two doors down from his childhood home, and has been making improvements ever since. Shortly after graduating from North Quincy High School in 1976, Dan joined the United States Air Force. He spent his tour of duty traveling the Pacific Rim working on F-4 Phantoms. He was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1982 after attaining the rank of sergeant. For almost thirty years Dan was proud of being a light equipment operator for Spectra Energy, a high-pressure natural gas supplier in Westwood. Dan was a card-carrying member of the national Republican Party, and in recent years he found joy in exercising his rights as a political activist. Dan attended a number of political rallies and loved hanging over-sized political signs in the marsh for all to see. Dan was an excellent candlepin bowler and an avid gardener. His vegetables, especially his prized tomatoes graced countless sandwiches. spaghetti sauces and jars of piccalilli . He spent many of his weekends riding his Harley Fat Boy and cruising Wollaston Beach in his 1970 Mustang Fastback and 1996 Mustang convertible. He was a good guy. Dan was the beloved son of the late Patricia A. (Clark) O’Keefe and Edward S. Largey and the loving brother to Patti and her husband Billy Cavanaugh of North Attleboro and Kathy and her husband Dave Solomon of Florida. He also leaves many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, friends and his beloved friend and companion Clare Donegan of Quincy. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Friday from 4-8 PM in the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., QUINCY. A Celebration of Life Service will be held in the funeral home at 9:15 AM on Saturday prior to the Funeral Mass in Sacred Heart Church, Quincy at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. In lieu of flowers, donations in Dan’s memory may be made to assist veterans through Fisher House, PO Box 230 South Walpole, MA 02071.