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Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/17/2014 at 11:33:13

FORMER RIVER CAPTAIN DIES IN ST. LOUIS

Funeral Services for Capt. Louis Day to Be Held in Davenport.

Captain Louis A. Day, former steamboat pilot and former resident of LeClaire, died in St. Louis Wednesday night.

Capt. Day lived in LeClaire for many years piloting a number of boats up and down the river. About 30 years ago, he and his family moved to St. Louis where he continued river operations.

Surviving are his wife and one son, both of St. Louis.

The body will be brought to Davenport at 9:40 p.m. tonight and taken to the Halligan funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.

He Davenport Democrat and Leader, Thursday Morning, February 21, 1936

The body of Louis Day, whose death occurred in St. Louis Tuesday, will be accompanied here by his widow, formerly Miss Clara McKuen of this place, and burial will be in the Day family lot in LeClaire cemetery.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 20 Feb 1936.

The Day Funeral

Funeral services for Capt. Louis A. Day, veteran river pilot, who died suddenly in the Marine hospital in St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday, were held at 1:30 p.m. today at the Halligan Funeral Home. Burial was in Glendale Cemetery.

Source: The Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 21 Feb 1936, p. 11

Day Funeral

Funeral services for Capt. Louis A. Day, who died suddenly in the Marine Hospital in St. Louis last Tuesday, were held from the Halligan Funeral Home. Interment was made in Glendale Cemetery, LeClaire.

Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, Ia., 21 Feb 1936, p. 8.