Max Lee Delano, 73, of Salem, formerly of Sweet Home, died July 6, 2008 of cancer.
He was born Dec. 3, 1934 in Neosho, Mo., to Ernest “Buck” Delano and Lillian Merle Watson.
He married Barbara Slater on Dec. 17, 1983 in Salem.
Mr. Delano moved to Oregon in 1948 and graduated from Detroit High School in 1952. He joined the Navy in 1955, serving until 1959. When he got out of the Navy he…