Oakland-Genesee County MI Archives Obituaries.....Day, Eugene Raymond October 29, 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Mary Pardo mpardo@direcway.com August 4, 2005, 12:49 am Flint Journal, 29 Oct 1930) E.R. DAY, PIONEER IS TAKEN IN DEATH Had been a resident of Flint for nearly half a century. Eugene R. Day, 1166 Oak St., a resident of Flint for nearly half a century died in Hurley hospital last night of uremic poisoning. He was 79 years old. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 PM. at the Alcoe Gundry Company chapel under the auspices of Genesee Valley Commandery, No. 15, Knights Templar, of which he had been a member for a number of years. Dr. Walter R. Freuit of Court St. M.E. church will preach the funeral sermon. Burial will take place in Grace Lawn cemetery. Eugene R. Day was born in Lafayette, New Jersey, June 23, 1851, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Day. He came to Michigan with his parents when he was four years old and spent his early life on a farm near Pontiac. He had lived in Flint for 47 years. He was married Oct. 8, 1873 to Eva Van Wagoner at Orion. Mr. Day became a Mason in Jackson, Mich. 50 years ago. Besides the Knights Templar he was a member of Genesee lodge No., 174 Washington chapter, No. 15, R.A.M., and Flint council, No. 76, R. & S.M.G. He leaves his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Myler J. Smith of Detroit, Mrs. Floyd M. Glover, Mrs. Arthur C. Gundry of Fint; one son Bernie J., of Flint; three brothers, Frank P. of Closter, New Jersey; Elmer M. of Detroit, and Wilson T., of Pontiac, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Carpenter of Pontiac. ( Additional Comments: From the book "The Van Wagoner Family, A Genealogy" by Philo Van Wagoner File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/oakland/obits/d/day282gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb