Carroll
Day, Sr.
MASON CITY - Carroll Day Sr.,
72, of Barefoot Bay, Fla., formerly of Mason City, Iowa,
died June 12,
1994 in a Barefoot Bay, hospital after a prolonged
illness.
Graveside services will be
held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason
City, with the Rev. David Shogren of the Wesley united
Methodist Church officiating. There will be graveside
military honors by the V.F.W. Post 733. Carroll Day was
born Aug. 9, 1921 in Charles City, the son of Clarence
and Edna (Dodd) Day. Moving to Mason City as a small
child, he attended Mason City schools, graduating in 1939.
Mr. Day served with the
United States Army during the World War II, returning to
Mason City, where he
managed several service stations here.
After leaving Mason City, he
moved to Ventura, then to Fort Dodge where for several
years he sold insurance. He moved to Barefoot Bay, Fla.
Nine years ago.
He was a member of the United
Methodist Church, Sebastian, Fla., and the American
Legion.
Surviving are his wife, Mary
Lou of Barefoot Bay, Fla.; four sons, Carroll Day Jr. of
Northwood, Darroll Day and his wife, Paula, of Lake City,
Minn., Greg Day and his wife, Deb, of Cresco, and Eddie
Day of Ringgold, Ga.; two daughters, Susan Bloschl and
husband, Larry, of Gilbert, Wis. And Debbie Steinfield,
of Appleton, Wis; two step-sons, Scott Kearns of
Sacramento, Calif., and Greg Kearns of Norfolk, Neb.; one
brother, Harley Day of Oceanside, Calif.; two sisters,
Evelyn Bears and her husband, Harry of Moline, Ill., and
Carline Billick and husband, Elmer, of Mason City; 13
grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; one son, Paul Day; and one sister, Clara
Bell Day.
Many thanks to
Dennis
Dodd, Dodd Researcher, for
providing the above Obituary.
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OBITUARY
Major Harry L. Beard
05December1915 - 22May1997
Newspaper, Mason City, Iowa
[Husband of Evelyn
Bessie Day, daughter of of Edna Bell Dodd Day and
Clarence Jay Day.]
Major
Harry L. Beard
MOLINE, ILL. -- Major Harry L.
Beard, 81, of Moline, formerly of Nora Springs, Iowa,
died Thursday (May 22, 1997) in Illinois Hospital, Silvis.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m. Saturday at the National Cemetery on the Rock
Island Arsenal, Moline, with military honor by American
Legion Post #246.
Trimble Funeral Home Moline,
is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be given to the
Iowa-Illinois Treasure Hunter Club in his memory.
Mr. Beard was born Dec. 5,
1915, in Nora Springs, Iowa, the son of Walter and Bessie
Main Beard.
He married Evelyn Day on
April 12, 1936, in Mason City, Iowa.
He served in the U.S. Army
Air Corps During World War II, and then served in the
United Sttes Air Force Reserves, retiring a major in 1975.
Following the war, he worked
as a flying instructor for four years and then served as
an Air Traffic Controller for the Federal Aviation
Administration for 18 years. He was Air Traffic
Controller at the Quad City Airport from when they opened
the control tower in 1954 until his retirement in 1969.
Following his retirement, he owned Electronic Recovery,
selling metal detectors out of his home.
He was a member of the Iowa
Illinois Treasure Hunters Club, American Legion Post #246?
Moline; Silent Wings Glider Pilot Association, Isaak
Walton League; Giant Goose Conservation Club and Moline
Conservation Club. He enjoyed photography.
He is survived by his wife,
Evelyn; a son and daughter-in-law, Ed and Jean Beard of
Coal Valley; eight grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren;
a sister and brother-in-law, Ruth and J. C. Merryman of
Waterloo, Iowa; brother, Foster Beard, of Nora Springs,
Iowa; and a sister-in-law, Mary Beard, of Floyd, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by
his daughter, Waltressa Krick; and brother, Robert Beard.
Many thanks to
Dennis
Dodd, Dodd Researcher, for
providing the above Obituary.
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