Marian Day

Marian Lorinda Day, age 85, passed away on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Kearny County Hospital in Lakin, Kansas. Marian was born April 3, 1926 at Tribune, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur and Bessie Ritter Pearson. Marian attended elementary school in the rural Greeley County, Kansas school system and graduated from Greeley County High School in 1943. Due to the outbreak of World War Two and a shortage of capable men, she began her career as an educator, first at Thelma School in rural Greeley County, spending several years in both the Stanton & Stevens County School Districts and continuing for the next thirty nine years, ending with her retirement in 1982 at the Wichita County Junior High School. For three generations of students, she taught in Tribune, Moscow, Johnson and Leoti, Kansas. "Mrs. Day" was best known for the paddle she had made and her utilization of it in correction of the more unruly students, after which one was given the "honor" of autographing said implement. Marian loved gardening and creating palettes of color to adorn her patio. She especially enjoyed traveling the United States and would "hit the road" as often as possible. When someone mentioned that they would like to see some part of the country, Marian was known to state, " Well, I'll go with you, let's pack". Marian was a grand fisherwoman, and spent many days with her family at Swanson Reservoir in Nebraska, often using her handmade club to get the big one's in the boat for pictures of proof of the one's that didn't get away. Marian was a member of the National Education Association, Kansas Education Association, the Leoti United Methodist Church, Leoti United Methodist Women and the Leoti chapter of the V.F.W. Auxiliary. On November 1, 1947 she married Clyde Duane Day at Tribune, Kansas. He passed away in 1988 at Ness City, Kansas. Marian's surviving family includes- A son and his wife- John & Wilma Day- Lakin, Kansas Two grandsons and their families- Reed & Kaori Day and their son Isaac - Lakewood, Colorado Shane & Wendy Johnson, their son Kai and daughter Aspen- Boise, Idaho A sister- Ardrus Londene- Spring Hill, Kansas A brother- Stanley Pearson- Tribune/Scott City, Kansas Ten nieces and nephews. Her daughter, Diana Johnson Hammond; father, Arthur Pearson; mother, Bessie Pearson Gropp; stepfather, Ralph Gropp and brother, Valdean Pearson preceded her in death. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Leoti, Kansas with the Reverend Paul McNall officiating. Burial will be next to her parents in Greeley County Cemetery in Tribune, Kansas. Friends may call from 10:00 am until 8:00 pm Tuesday at Price & Sons Funeral Home in Leoti, Kansas. Memorials may be given to the Leoti United Methodist Women in care of the funeral home.