Kenneth Dale Bailey

Kenneth Dale Bailey died peacefully at his home in Carmel, California on Oct 3, 2014 from complications of Parkinson's disease at the age of 90 years old. Ken was born in Orland, California. He was the second oldest of five children born to Herbert and Elizabeth Bailey. He graduated in 1941 from high school in Willows, California. Ken proudly served our country in WWII as an army staff sergeant in Germany and Japan. Upon graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, he began his 38 year engineering career at the Bechtel Corporation and settled in Mill Valley, California. He brilliantly managed the engineering of 14 nuclear power plants in the states; as well as, special assignments on the Kwajalein Island and Panama Canal Zone.

After retiring from Bechtel in 1989, Ken continued to express his passion for design and engineering by building retirement homes to enjoy with his extended family in Carmel-by-the-Sea and The Sea Ranch. Throughout his life, in happiness or hardship, Ken’s intelligence, kindness, generosity, and positive spirit shined brightly.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Violet Masters-Bailey, second wife, Laura Lee-Bailey, his brothers Don Bailey and Bernard Bailey, and his grandson Eric Swindell.

He is survived by his sister Virginia Bailey-Barclay, brother Dean Bailey, seven step-children: Diane Baldwin (Sebastopol, CA), Joanne Swindell (Concord, CA), Mike Foley (Portland, OR), Pat Foley (Platte City, MO), Kathy Mitchell (San Francisco, CA), Bruce Mitchell (Carmel Valley, CA) and Kevin Mitchell (Hot Sulphur Springs, CO). He will also be dearly missed by many grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and caregivers.

There will be a service at the Little Chapel by the Sea in Pacific Grove, CA on Oct. 18 at 11am. Ken will be buried in Willows, CA on Oct. 20 at 1pm.