Edward 'Eddie' Day

Funeral services for Edward Leon “Eddie” Day, 85, Clinton resident, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in the Arapaho First Baptist Church, officiated by his nephew, Chaplain Dan Day and Rev. Vann Leonard.  

Day was born June 24, 1929, the second of four sons, to George Dennis Day and Bertha Mildred (Twyman) Day in Trail Flats, Okla. He died early Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in his Clinton home.

Day was raised on the Trail Flats Farm and attended his first eight years of school at Trail Flats. He then attended Leedey Schools and graduated in 1947.

He married his high school sweetheart, Lola Newton, on Feb. 27, 1949 in the First Baptist Church in Leedey, and they had celebrated their 65th Wedding Anniversary.

Mr. Day continued his education at Oklahoma State University for a short time.  He soon realized that he wasn’t college material and began a working for area farmers.  He then started a career for the Federal Government as a Soil Conservation Technician for the Soil Conservation Service retiring after 30 years.

Day and his wife volunteered at the Imperial National Wildlife Park for four different winters while traveling. They also spent 22 summers working at the Fun Valley Resort in Colorado.

He had been a longtime active member of the First Baptist Church and most recently a member of the Arapaho First Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents and his son, Charles “Chuck” Edward Day.

Survivors include his wife, Lola, and a grandson, Dirk, both of the home; three brothers, Bob Day and his wife, Betty, of Clinton, Don Day and his wife, Sarah, of Illinois, and Charles Day of Leedey; and several nieces and nephews.

The family has suggested memorial contributions may be given in his honor to the Arapaho First Baptist Church Building Fund.

Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery, under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home of Clinton.