The Rev. David C. Stanley, 75, retired priest of the Diocese of Western New York, died March 22 in Hamot Medical Center, Erie, PA.

Fr. Stanley was born in East Pembroke, MA. He was a graduate of Hobart College and Berkeley Divinity School. He was ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954. Fr. Stanley served as missionary-in-charge of St. Andrew's, Evans Mills, Trinity, Great Bend, and St. Paul's, Antwerp, NY, 1953-58; curate at St. Peter's, Auburn, NY, 1958-61; vicar of Grace, Belfast, NY, 1961-66; vicar of St. Philip's, Belmont, NY, 1961-70; vicar of St. Andrew's, Friendship, NY, 1966-68; vicar of St. Paul's, Angelica, NY, 1966-70; rector of St. Mary's, Salamanca, NY, 1970-80; and rector of Grace, Randolph, NY, 1983-88. In his retirement he served at St. John's, Ellicottville, NY, 1990-95. His wife, Audrey R. Eveleigh Stanley, three sons and three grandsons survive him.