JIMMIE DAY

GOLDEN CITY-A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Daniel Funeral Home in Lamar for Jimmie Leroy Day, 87, Golden City, who died Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Burial will be in Paradise Cemetery, south of Jasper.

Visitation will be held prior to service time, beginning at 10 a.m.

Condolences may be shared online at www.danielfuneralhome.net.

Survivors include his wife of nearly 63 years, Delores Day, of the home; a son, Jim Day and wife Lisa, Lebanon; a daughter, Laurie Pierce and husband Richard, Altamont, Kan.; a daughter-in-law, Jerri Day, Lamar; four grandsons, Jeffry Day, Jason Day, Jerad Day and Renno Curtsinger and many great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Raymond; four sisters, Juanita, Ilo, Leona and Laurene and a son, Jeff Day.

Mr. Day was born Sept. 26, 1928, in Nevada, Iowa, to James and Mildred (Robertson) Day. He graduated from Shipley High School in Shipley, Iowa and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He farmed and raised livestock for 55 years, first in Iowa, before moving to Dade County, Missouri in 1970. As an over-the-road truck driver for 23 years, he and his wife traveled the entire country before retiring to Golden City in 2005.

He married Delores Lande on Oct. 21, 1952, at Fort Smith, Ark.