Graveside service: 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, Morrisville Cemetery, under the direction of Cantlon Otterness & Viets Funeral Home, Buffalo, Mo.
Lonnie Glor and Dennis Day will officiate.
Escorts will be Richard Smith, Scott Smith, Lindsey Wannenmacher, Kristen Bright, Stephanie Elder, Jennifer Day, Matthew Day, Jason Day and Greg Anderson.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Morrisville Cemetery Fund.
Online condolences may be made at cantlonotterness.com.
Irl Euliss Day was born in 1926 in Marshfield, Mo. He died Sept. 16, 2018, after a prolonged decline in health.
He grew up in Morrisville, Mo., the son of Ada and Irl Day. There he excelled in sports, and upon graduation he entered the Navy in 1944. He served his country through the duration of World War II and returned home.
In 1947, he was united in marriage with Dorothy Scheel, and both continued their college education until they began their family of Diana Elder, Kathy Wannenmacher, Dennis Day and Cindy Day.
He was a teacher, coach, principal and warden in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, from where he retired after many years of service.
He enjoyed gardening, golf and having an in-depth conversation. One of his writings says a lot about his personality: “What we must reach for is the concept of perpetual self-discovery, perpetual reshaping to realize one’s best self, to be the person one could be.”
Preceded in death by Dorothy, beloved wife of 49 years, he remarried and shared the last 21 years with Dale (Bradley) Day of Buffalo. He enjoyed the blended family with 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Irl was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his brother, Virgil; and his parents.
Survivors include his spouse, Dale; his children, stepchildren and their spouses; his grandchildren; his great-grandchildren; and his sister, Betty Jo Stokes.
