The Rev. Daniel Farley died this morning in Eau Claire.SP Journal
Farley had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in 2009.
He was the priest of St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in the town of Buena Vista and had served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Afghanistan in 2009.
In May, Farley went to Lourdes for the third time as a chaplain for wounded soldiers and veterans seeking healing from God.
"Many of our soldiers come with post-traumatic stress disorder or some other kind of wound. My work is to spend quality time with them, to process with them their experience and try to help them find a path to inner peace," he said in late April. "When they know that I'm there with a terminal illness, that too just opens another door."
The chief of chaplains at the U.S. Pentagon recommended Farley serve as a chaplain for this pilgrimage after Farley was medically evacuated from Afghanistan in 2009.Arrangements are pending with A.J. Holly and Sons Funeral Home in Waupaca.
The arrangements are here.
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