Destry Lee Dailey, 43, Oskaloosa, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. Destry was born February 25, 1972 at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, the son of  Danny Lee and Ann Catherine Moeller Dailey. He was a 1990 graduate of Oskaloosa High School and earned an A. A. degree in Farm and Ranch Management from Garden City Community College in 1994. Destry worked as a truck driver and forklift operator for BC&R Storage Company in Lawrence. 

 He enjoyed farming and ranching and had formerly worked for the Dailey Ag Services in Oskaloosa, Nortonville Farm Supply and for several trucking companies. He enjoyed truck and tractor pulling events and was a first class “tinkerer” mechanic around the farm and shop. He was a baptized member of Oskaloosa United Methodist Church, and he attended and was a member of the Metzger Church, Oskaloosa. Destry was preceded in death by his dad, Danny Lee Dailey on December 16, 2005.  He is survived by one son, Jared Peter Dailey, Adams, NY, his mother and step-dad,  Ann “Cathy” and Gus Barnett, Oskaloosa, one brother, Brian “Scoob” Dailey, Oskaloosa, one step-brother, Jake (Beth) Barnett, Oskaloosa,  two step-sisters, Samantha (Chad) Frickey, Lawrence, Katie (Skylar) Jones, Topeka, his maternal grandfather, Thomas Moeller, Oskaloosa, many aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins, extended family and a literal host of friends who loved him. He will be missed and never forgotten.

 Services will be at 10:00 AM, Thursday at the Oskaloosa United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Pleasant View Cemetery, Oskaloosa. Visitation will be 5:00 to 8:00 PM, Wednesday at Barnett Family Funeral Home, Oskaloosa. Memorials are suggested to the Jared P. Dailey Education Fund in care of the Funeral Home, P.O. Box 602, Oskaloosa, KS.   66066.  www.barnettfamilyfh.com