Dorothy E Day, 17 July 1919 - 15 Feb. 2006

DAY, DURLING, OBERMULLER, KREIS, FOSTER, BIXLER

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 2/20/2006 at 12:08:27

Dorothy E. Day, 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, in University Hospitals, Iowa City, following an extended illness. Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. John's Lutheran Church, Marengo, by the Rev. Douglas Morton. Burial: Marengo Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established.

She is survived by three daughters, Susan Kreis (Bob) of Marengo, Margaret Foster (Charles) of Salinas, Calif., and Donna Bixler (John) of Oskaloosa; six grandchildren, Mike Foster, Robert D. Kreis, Betty Rae Kreis, Jim Bixler, John Bixler and Laurie Valsters; and many great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Pershing Day in 2001; a daughter, Betty Rae; and a son, Jim Day.

Dorothy Elizabeth Durling, daughter of John and Emma Obermuller Durling, was born July 17, 1919, at her parents' home in Marengo, which is now the office of Dr. Susan Davis. By the age of 6, Dorothy was a self-taught piano player and at age 7, she was playing the accordion. She graduated from Marengo High School in 1937 and operated a beauty shop for several years. She married Robert Pershing Day on March 8, 1953, in LaCrosse, Wis. The couple resided in Chicago for several years, returning to Marengo in 1974. Besides being a homemaker and mother, Dorothy was a member of the Curtis Bennett Band, playing the accordion. She performed at Carl Oehl's restaurant, the Cellar, and at the Colony Market Place in South Amana, and later at Zuber's in Homestead. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Marengo.

Cedar Rapids Gazette, 17 Feb. 2006, Edition F, page 4B, record Number 2015865