DAY, Ora - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Covington -- Ora E. Day, 78, died Wednesday evening at the Rudisill Nursing Home here. He had been ill for one month prior to his death. He was born in Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Jan. 11, 1884, to Samuel B. and Alice Krout Day. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Hallie Powell, in 1945. He was married in 1953 to Ethel Brissey. Since 1926 Mr. Day operated the Dixie Inn, a grocery and a service station, all in Covington. Survivors include the wife; a sister, Mrs. Luella Summers, Veedersburg; a niece, Mrs. Ruth Crysop, Monticello, and a cousin who was reared by his parents, Mrs. Gertrude Shuler, Kingman. Also surviving are a stepdaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Neighbors, Amarillo, Tex.; a stepson, Charles Smith, Albuquerque, N. M., five step-grandchildren and four great-stepgrandchildren. Services are set at the Bodine & Shelby Funeral Home, 2 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Glenn Ray will officiate. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 12 noon Friday.