Billy was more then our past President and Chairman of the Board for Brooklyn/Staten Island 10-13.  He was our Historian, our Mentor and Most of all our Dear Friend.

Rest in Peace our Brother.

 

Rich Weisel

 

 

 

 

WILLIAM McNEELY, 82

It is with a heavy heart that I report to you the passing of our beloved brother and Chairman of the Board of Brooklyn / Staten Island 10-13 William (Billy) McNeely.

Bill was taken from us to November 1st, 2007 (All Souls Day.)

 

Wake will be held Saturday  November 3rd. and Sunday November 4th. from 2pm to 4pm and 7pm to 9pm at

PETER CLAVIN FUNERAL HOME

7722  4Th. AVE. BROOKLYN, NY 11209

 

FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD ON

MONDAY NOVEMBER 5Th. AT 10:30 AM

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP BASCILICA

60Th. St. AND 5Th. AVE.  BROOKLYN, NY

 

BURIAL WILL FOLLOW SERVICE AT RESERECTION CEMERTARY

HYLAN BLVD. AND SHARROTT AVE.  STATEN ISLAND, NY

 

The McNeely family request that donations be made to the Detectives Endowment Assoc. widows and children's  fund in lieu of flowers.

 

Billy will be missed by all that had the Honor of knowing him. And GOD is getting one great Detective in Heaven.

 

Our Deepest Sympathy to Bills Beloved wife Mary and all the McNeely Family.

President Vic Aurielo

 

 

 

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- William Francis McNeely, Sr., 82, of Dongan Hills, a retired city detective, investigator and security specialist, died Thursday at home.

Born in Brooklyn, Mr. McNeely, who was known to his family as "Pee-pa," lived in Bay Ridge for many years before settling in Dongan Hills 12 years ago.

He served as a parachute rigger in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his tour of duty, he entered the Police Academy in 1948.

Mr. McNeely spent 26 years with the NYPD, and achieved the rank of second-grade detective along with the respect of his colleagues before retiring in 1974.

Between 1973 and 1975, he worked for the state attorney general's office and investigated the uprisings at upstate Attica Correctional Facility. He then worked in security, including 10 years for Consolidated Edison in the 1980s. One of his most beloved memories during that time was serving on a security detail for a national tour exhibiting the treasures of the ancient Egyptian King Tut in the late 1970s.

Over the years, Mr. McNeely actively participated in many police fraternal organizations. He was a founding member of the NYPD Emerald Society and a member of the NYPD Honor Legion for more than 50 years. He also was a member of Arthur's Round Table, a detectives' organization dating to the 1950s, and was current chairman of the board and a past president of the Brooklyn and Staten Island chapters of the 1013 Club for retired officers.

Mr. McNeely also worked on the campaigns of state Sen. Martin J. Golden (R-Bay Ridge), who was first elected in 2002. He also helped found the Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade.

His ability to tell stories and captivate an audience was legendary, yet singing may have been his greatest love. Graced with a beautiful voice, he sang in church, for the Police Department, at social events and at funerals. He was proudest singing at the weddings of his children.

He and his wife of 56 years, the former Mary Miller, took great pride in their 12 grandchildren.

"He led the most amazing life and never allowed himself to be trapped by conventional thought or reason," said Donald Hudec, his grandson. "I'm going to miss the boom of his voice, the blatant inappropriateness of his stories and the invulnerable feeling I'd experience when he'd kiss me hello."

Mr. McNeely was a parishioner of St. Ann's R.C. Church, Dongan Hill.

Surviving in addition to his wife, Mary, and his grandson, are his son, William Jr.; his four daughters, Susan Hudec, Sharon Cesario, Coleen Kumar and Jacqueline Vuono and 11 more grandchildren. The funeral will be Monday from the Clavin Funeral Home, Brooklyn, with a mass at 10:30 a.m. in the basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help R.C. Church, Brooklyn. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.