Posted by Really old ex-cop on 11/4/2009, 7:41 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

Owen...Best check with Dave and see if he needs someone to swing traffic around that dealership entrance. Sure gonna miss seeing that big grin of yours at the cookouts. How many could take on a particularly challanging task, master it then elevate it to a level where it was set to music for all to see on the evening news? You were indeed an exceptional person and I'm proud to have known and worked with you. God speed...

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Posted by Chris Gunter on 11/4/2009, 7:50 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

T.V. crews would come down and film him directing traffic at Broadway and E.Grand. He would direct traffic in a dance mode, the public loved it. An other one in the Hall of Fame.

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Posted by Adam-4 on 11/4/2009, 8:31 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

He was a poet, mastering traffic needs and setting the flow for 6 intersections, one of which was I-70; brought order to chaos, and was such a master they put his moves to music. The oft repeated videos of his maestro-like moves were a sight to behold. RIP-Traffic Master!

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Posted by Carolyn Wiener on 11/5/2009, 2:53 am, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

I met Owen Dacey when I got hired on with St. Louis Community College at Forest park as a Security Officer. My family knew him as the dancing policeman. He gave his time. We went to Goaia's Deli every Saturday (meatball sub). The dancing policeman took me on as a mentor. He worked with me and he gave me his nightstick. I have it with me everyday. It has gone on the street with me everyday. Thirteen years later. He saw something in me and decided he saw me. He decided I was worth it.I will take it with me everyday.

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Posted by MH0319 on 11/5/2009, 10:22 am, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

I remember Owen when I came to the Fifth District in 1974 swinging traffic at Broadway and E. Grand rain or shine and sometimes in the snow. RIP Owen.

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Posted by MHPD on 11/7/2009, 9:27 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

What a great smile! Rest in peace brother.

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Posted by Ron Reeves on 11/8/2009, 9:17 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

My dad was a truck driver and he used to take us to Grand and Broadway to see Dacey direct traffic. Later I was able to work with Dacey at the Fox. He was a pleasure to work with and the public loved him.

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Posted by A true Police Officer on 11/12/2009, 4:04 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

GOD bless this Police Officer. GOD bless this Veteran of the Police Department. This new police department needs one like him. He is a true Veteran.

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Posted by philip dacey on 11/15/2009, 12:06 pm, in reply to "Death Notice: Retired PO Owen Dacey"

REQUIEM FOR A TRAFFIC COP Owen Dacey, 1926-2009 Who’ll direct the traffic now that Owen’s gone? The waving hands, the swaying hips--where are they? All the trucks and cars must find their way alone. He was an artist of the intersection, a dancer in blue whose choreography kept traffic perfectly timed. Can he be gone? Let the St. Louis rush hour come to a halt for the man who tamed the untameable streets. Let the silence say he will be missed, who has left us, stranded, alone. Even at home he gave a center to motion, surrounded by the traffic of family. They turn left and right looking for him, but he is gone. Once he was a bedside traffic cop for Joan, our sister, dying too soon. Ever on duty, he didn’t let her find her way alone. Now he’s beyond the noise of traffic. No one honks there impatiently, no engines grind away where Owen--husband, father, brother--has gone, leaving the trucks and cars to move forward alone. Philip Dacey

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