MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
History & Genealogy

	Billie R. Day
	November 7, 1967 Tuesday     Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio  Mrs. Joseph S. Day Dies Following Long Illness     Mrs. Joseph S. (Pearl ) Day, 76 of 2405 North Ave., died at 4:50 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital. She had been a patient at the hospital for a week. Mrs. Day had been in ill health for several years.     Mrs. Day was the mother of nine living children, was the widow of Joseph S. Day, an independent grocer on N. Grimes Street from 1916 until his death in 1949.     She was a long time member of the First Methodist Church and active in its woman's society. She also was a member of the Gracious Grandmothers Club. Until her health failed, she worked in the gift shop at Middletown Hospital.      Born of pioneer stock, Mrs. Day was a native of Lee County, Ky. She moved here with her husband in 1911, and the family lived on Clinton Street during the city's worst flood in 1913. Mrs. Day recalled the heartache of being separated from her two young children during the wagon executed rescue operations, their eventual reunion, and the tremendous cleanup job that came in the flood's wake.     Mrs. Day was married when she was 17 years old, and for a time the couple lived near Beattyville, Ky. Mrs. Day could recall walking half a mile to a log cabin schoolhouse where all six grades were taught in a single room. Reading was encouraged in her childhood home, presided over by her mother, widowed when Mrs. Day was six years old. Mrs. Farmer had been a school teacher before her marriage to Henry Clay Farmer.     Mrs. Day's last weeks were made happy by frequent visits from her children. Surviving are five sons, Paul, managing editor of the Middletown Journal ; Herschel assistant cashier at the Barnitz Bank; Charles a Cleveland radio newscaster, and Tom a salesman of Cleveland, and Robert, a musician in Wichita, Kan; for daughters, Miss Marilyn Day of Westerville, a teacher at Otterbein College; Mrs. Bonnie Griswold of Exeter, N. H., Mrs. Marjorie Frederick of Lansing, Mich., and Joanne Sellers of Wilmington, Del.; three brothers, Neal Farmer of Sanford, Fla., Clarence Farmer of Beattyville, Ky. and Leslie Clark of Chicago; 27 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Methodist Church with Dr. Austin Whitmore and Dr. C. E. Wintringham officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.     Friends may call at the Riggs Funeral Home from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, and at the church after 1 p.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Middletown Butler Unit of the American Cancer Society or to the Memorial Fund of the First Methodist Church.	by Vivian  Moon 25 April 2007
	August 22, 1929 Monday     Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio JOSEPH DAY, GROCER HERE 34 YEARS, DIES      An illness which had made him inactive for the first time since he entered the grocery business here in 1913, claimed the life of Joseph S. Day, 62, of 2405 North Avenue early Sunday morning.      Mr. Day died at 1:15 a.m. during a heart attack. He was first stricken on December 11 last year, but rallied and returned to his store at 318 North Grimes St. His condition became serious again four weeks ago and grew steadily worse with complications of asthma and hay fever.  The father of a large family he lived to see his youngest child graduate from Middletown High School last June. His chief interests were his family and his business, and his hobby was baseball. He was a loyal supporter of the Cincinnati Reds, and their games provided him entertainment when his illness kept him from business.      He was affiliated with the First Methodist Church here, and was a member of the Middletown Retail Grocers Association.      A resident of Middletown for 38 years, Mr. Day was born in Hopewell, Ky.      Surviving him besides the widow Mrs. Pearl Day, are five sons, Paul J. Day, sports editor of The Journal; Herschel Day, affiliated with the Oglesby-Barnitz Bank and Trust Company; Robert Day of Wichita, Kas.; Charles Day of Cleveland, and Thomas Day, who took over management of the  store during his father's illness; four daughters, Mrs. James Griswold of Pikeville, Mo., Mrs. Clarence Fredrick of Detroit, and Miss Joanne Day and Miss Marilyn Day at home.      He is also survived by five sisters, Mrs. Ollie Shaw and Mrs. Ludlow Cole of Middletown, Mrs. James Pleak and Mrs. Henry Buchler of Dayton, and Mrs. Carl Morris of Indianapolis; and 11 grandchildren.  Friends may call at the Riggs Funeral Home from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight and Tuesday night , and from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday.      Private funeral services will be held Wednesday, at the convince of the family with the Rev. Kenneth S. Learey of the First Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery.      Friends are asked to omit flowers.	by Vivian  Moon 25 April 2007
	July 6, 1948   Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio Nancy Belle Day   Death came suddenly Thursday afternoon to Mrs. Nancy Belle Day, wife of Joseph M. Day, Sr., of 109 N. Leibee St., who was chosen Middletown's most typical mother last Mother's Day.   Stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage while at work at the P. Lorillard factory, where she was employed 16 years. Mrs. Day last spring proved to hundreds of competing women that a typical mother can be one who works, rears a large family and keeps her own house, besides having time for gracious gestures that mark a good neighbor and a congenial co-worker.   She was voted the most representative mother in the contest sponsored by the John Ross Store, at which time she passed on advice to modern young mothers to do their own babysitting, as she did, if they want a normal family life. She was the mother of 11 children, 10 of whom are living. These are Mrs. Emma Lambert, Mrs. Florence Bianchi, Mrs. Ruth Moon, Mrs. Ella Mae Yenser, Mrs. Bertha Hillman, this city, Mrs. Carrie Siler, Germantown Route 1, William Allen, Homer Lee, Joseph M., Jr., and Jesse. May 8, Mr. and Mrs. Day celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary.   Also surviving her are a sister, Mrs. Ruth Fitzgerald, Valparaiso, Ind., and a brother William Stanfield, of Wellington, Ohio.   The funeral will be conducted at First Church of God on Crawford St., her parish, at 2:30 p.m., Monday. The Rev. Herschel Caudill, of Germantown, will officiate. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 9 a.m. Saturday.	by Vivian  Moon 28 April 2007

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