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June 2013 Robert Lavon Day Graveside service for Robert Lavon Day, 88, Norman, will be 11:00 am Friday June 7, 2013 at the Cement Cemetery, Cement, Oklahoma with Rev. Raymond McPherson, Pastor, Life Journey Church, Cement, officiating. Mr. Day passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 2 at the Norman Veteran's Center after a short illness. Burial with Military Honors and Masonic Rites will be under the direction of the Becker-Rabon Cement Chapel. Robert Lavon Day, the youngest of ten boys and seven girls, was born March 2, 1925 in Cement, Oklahoma to William Samuel and Mary Ellen [Lawson] Day. Always known as "Bob" or "Bobby", he attended Cement schools until moving to California with his brother Shorty. He went to work in the shipyards of Richmond, California. Bob was drafted into the Army, June 27, 1943. He was one of five Day brothers to serve on active military duty during World War II. Bob was transferred to the 25th Portable Surgical Hospital as a medic, and did tours in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan. While serving, Bob received the Good Conduct Medal and several citations before being honorably discharged on January 27, 1946. After his discharge Bob moved to Rochester, Michigan and stayed with his sister, Lahoma [Day] Judd. He lived and worked in Michigan for many years before returning to Oklahoma in 1962. After six months working in the oil fields, Bob moved back to California where he worked with some of his siblings for the next ten years. During his time there, Bob joined and was active in the Free and Accepted Mason's of California, Inland Empire Lodge #306. He remained a member until his death. In 1973, he permanently returned to Norman, Oklahoma where he owned and operated his own gas station, Gibble Gas, on Porter Street. Bob "retired" in 1987, but continued to work in and around Norman until he finally retired at the age of eighty. Bob enjoyed motorcycles, old cars, fishing, dominos, pool and rooting for the Oklahoma Sooners. He was an honest man, a good friend and will be missed dearly. He is survived by numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Bob is preceded in death by his mother, Mary Ellen, his father, William Samuel and sixteen brothers and sisters. |
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Express~Star Chickasha, Oklahoma February 22 ~ 24, 2019 Gene Lavoy Devoe Day Graveside service with Masonic Rites and Marine Honors for former Cement area resident Gene Lavoy Day, 84, Kingston will be 2PM Tuesday at Cement Cemetery with Pastor David Treadaway, First Missionary Baptist Church in Pocasset officiating. Pallbearers will be Danny Chaney, Phillip Chaney, Richard Sterhel, Devon Day, Jeremy Gurtz and Ronald Day. Mr. Day died Saturday in Kingston. Burial will be under direction of Becker Cement Chapel, formerly Robbins Cement Chapel. He was born October 4, 1925 in Cement to William A., Sr. and Ida Mae [Devoe] Day. Mr. Day served in the marines during World War II in the Pacific Theatre. He worked in the oil fields in many countries. He also farmed and ranched in the Cement area and retired to the Texoma area to fish. Survivors include two sons and their spouses, James Don and Rena Day, Mead and Michael Gene and Tammy L. Day, Cement, two daughters, Constance Ann Yandell Cement and Bobbie L. Pierce and her spouse Kenneth R. Burt, Kingston, nine grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, a brother, Jerry L. Day and his wife Shirley, Chickasha and three sisters and their spouses, Frances M. and Clint Chaney, Cement, Janice and Whiteselle Moser and Nora and Freddy Reynolds, all of Cyril. He is preceded in death by his parents, five brothers, William Albert Day, Jr., Roy P. Day and M. Duane Day, twin infant brothers, Don and Lon Day, two sisters, Betty Jo Wood and Marion Laging and a son-in-law, Larry F. Yandell. |
May 2013 Virginia Lee [McAdoo] Day Virginia Lee [McAdoo] Day, 78, of Anadarko, was born July 27, 1934, in Cyril to James Alvoid and Oma Alta [Dacus] McAdoo. She passed from this life on Tuesday, May 9, 2013 after a brief illness at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Virginia attended school in Cyril and Anadarko and graduated from Anadarko High School in the Class of 1952. She married Duane Day, who was enlisted in the U.S. Army, on July 25, 1952. She and Duane soon moved to Maryland until his honorable discharge in 1954. They then moved to Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and back to Oklahoma where Duane attended Oklahoma State University. Virginia worked in the family business [McAdoo's Grocery] for a while and was later a homemaker who sold Avon. She also worked for Brenda's Tot N Teen, George's Dept. Store, Yu-Neek Gifts and Griffith's Package Store. Virginia loved reading, watching Cowboy and Sooner Sports, country music and dancing. She also enjoyed camping, her sorority [Tau Masters] and playing cards and dominoes. Virginia especially loved spending time with her family, friends and grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, J.A. and Ellen McAdoo and Jack and Oma Barnes; husband, Duane; sister, Jo Laney; and two brothers, Larry and Raymond Barnes. Survivors Include her daughters, Cindy Botchlet and her husband, Rick of Bethany and Sandy Derichsweiler and her husband, Alan, son, James Day; all of Anadarko; grandchildren, Greg Derichsweiler and his wife, Kelly of Marlow, Dyan Post and her husband, Jeff of Yukon, Lori Hernandez and her husband, Lupe of Piedmont, Kala Derichsweiler of El Reno, Jamie Martinez and her husband, Jesus of Anadarko and J.D. Day and his wife, Angie of Norfolk, Virginia; great grandchildren, Kylie, Matthew, Michael, Parker, Patrick, Mia, Blake, Yulie, Maggie, Julian, Lucas, Boston, Yesenia and one on the way; brothers, Merle Barnes and his wife, Bernice of Cyril, Jerry Barnes and his wife Arlene of Pauls Valley; sister-in-law, Shirley Barnes Euler of Portland, Oregon; nephew, Steve Peck of Anadarko; niece, Brenda Nixon of Oklahoma City, numerous cousins, other nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. A graveside service is scheduled for 1:30 P.M., Monday, May 13, 2013 in the Cement Cemetery with Jerry Lemley officiating. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.steversonfuneralhome.com. |
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