Lawrence Earl Day

Lawrence Earl Day, of Roy, Utah; died 17 November 2003 of causes incident
to old age and diabetes. He was born 26 January 1919 in Highland, Utah
County; the fifth of 14 children, to Orville Cox Day and Otes Clysta
Strasburg.

He married Lillie Buhler in the Salt Lake Temple 2 March 1942. They had
five children before she died in 1958 of cancer,.

He served in the US. Air Force in WWII for four years as an airplane
mechanic on the B-29s. He graduated from BYU in 1950 and taught English
at Wasatch High School in Heber City, West High School in Salt Lake, BYU,
then 21 years at the State Industrial School in Ogden; 32 years in all.
He received his Master's degree in counseling psychology at Utah State
University in 1972.

He married Evelyn Mildred Applonie of Riverdale in the Salt Lake Temple
29 May 1959. They had three children. Evelyn died of cancer18 November
1998. All of their six sons filled honorable missions for the LDS church,
and all of their 8 children went to college.
Mr. Day's church service included choir leader, ward chorister ( at age
18 ),four stake missions, 9 years on the Roy West Stake high council,
High Priest group leader, Ogden Temple worker. and European name
extraction worker.
He has authored several books, mostly of poetry and personal history. He
loved great literature as well as the Holy Scriptures and enjoyed quoting
them often.

He is survived by his children Martha Lunt of Whittier, CA; Earl Day of
Nampa, ID; Sterling Day of West Valley, Vaughn Day of Layton, Annette Day
of West Jordan, Bruce Day of Clinton, and Craig Day of North Logan;
siblings Esther, Dora, Miriam, Stella, Wayne, Jean, and Carl. He was
preceded in death by his parents; his brothers: Louis, Melvin, Walter;
sisters: Elva, Kate and Fern; son Alma, and grandsons: Richard and Joel.
He has 37 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren - a total of 69
descendants, which he was proud of.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Roy
5865 South 1900 West
Roy, UT 84067
November 21, 2003
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
ServiceRoy 14th Ward
5850 South 2575 West
Roy, UT 84067
November 22, 2003
1:00 PM