Erik Marc Daly

Portsmouth, RI - Erik Marc Daly, 32, of 112 Soares Drive, Portsmouth, RI, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 5, 2008, at St. Annes Hospital, Fall River, MA. He was the husband of Kathy Adams Daly.Born in Wrzburg, Bavaria, Germany, on December 28, 1975, he was the son of Francis Xavier Daly, Jr. and Paula Marie Granato Rearick.Erik worked as a veterinarian for the Riverside Animal Hospital in East Providence, RI. He was a 1993 graduate of Portsmouth High School, a 1997 graduate of the University of Maine, and a 2000 graduate of the University Florida School of Veterinary Medicine. He loved soccer, hockey, golf, and his favorite football team, the University of Florida Gators.Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by his daughters Kiera Eve Daly, Elizabeth Winter and Karina Winter, all of Portsmouth, his grandmother Lillian Granato of Clifton Park, NY, his brother Jason B. Daly and his wife Deborah Rose, of Mansfield, MA, his brothers Alex Vermilyea of Riverside, RI, and Benjamin C. Stanfield of Lincoln, RI, his sisters Abigail E. Rearick of Portsmouth, RI, and Ami Vermilyea of North Kingstown, RI, as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. His funeral will be held on Thursday, December 11 at 9:00 a.m. from the Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Road, Portsmouth, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in St. Barnabas Church, 1697 East Main Road, Portsmouth. Burial will be in Portsmouth Cemetery, Turnpike Road, Portsmouth.Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday December 10 from 4-7 p.m.In lieu of flowers, the family has established a research fund in Eriks memory at the University of Floridas College of Veterinary Medicine. Friends and family are invited to send contributions directly to the University of Florida at following address: The College of Veterinary Medicine2015 SW 16th AvenuePO Box 100125Gainesville, FL 32618Dr. Erik M. Daly FIV Research FundATTN: Katherine Desmond