Richard C. Farley, age 63, of Derry, NH died on June 3, 2020 at Portsmouth Regional Medical Center. In recent months Richard had been recovering from ongoing medical issues but passed away suddenly after emergency surgery.
Richard was born on October 11, 1956 in Greenwich, CT. Richard shared the same birthday with his older sister Linda. He was the youngest child of James A. Farley and Louise Toomey Farley.
Richard grew up in Riverside, CT. He was a 1976 graduate of Greenwich High School participating in track and was a captain on the Cardinals football team. He attended Embry Riddle Aeronautical University pursuing his passion for aeronautics after earning his private pilot license as a teenager. He was also a volunteer, along with his brothers, on the Sound Beach Fire Department. After high school he moved with his family to Lexington, MA and eventually settled in Derry, NH where he has lived with his wife Ann since 1996. He loved his log cabin home and spent many hours in his workshop that he called skunkworks, tinkering MacGyver-style on endless projects. He became an accomplished woodworker making special gifts and custom furniture for friends and family. Richard also enjoyed years of boating on Long Island Sound and the lakes of New Hampshire.
Over the years Richard worked for various area companies in sales and supply chain management involving high tech and robotics products. Most recently he had worked for Derry Auto Parts.
Richard is survived by his wife of 23 years the former Ann R. Tofuri and his mother-in-law Ann Gonsalves, brother-in-law Wayne Tofuri and sister-in-law Maryellen Gonsalves and her husband Robert. He is also survived by his sister Linda Farley Noone and her husband Steve and his brother James Farley, Jr. (Jay) and his wife Charlene, and his sister-in-law Ronna Powers Farley. as well as many loving nieces, nephews and cousins. Rich will be especially missed by his lifelong friends who have shared so many adventures and laughs together.
Richard was predeceased by his parents and his oldest sister Barbara Farley Gustin who died in 2017. In a tragic twist of fate Richard’s oldest brother Thomas E. Farley of Salem, NH died unexpectedly just two hours after Richard’s passing.
Arrangements are being handled by Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium of Derry, NH. Due to Covid-19 Pandemic restrictions a private cremation service will be held.