Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Day, Eleanor Ruth (Adgate) 2015
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 11 Apr 2015

Eleanor (Noey) Ruth (Adgate) Day of Portland, Michigan, passed quietly on April
7, 2015, at Kalkaska’s Memorial Eden Center.  She was born in Orange Township,
Michigan, Oct. 20, 1918, the daughter of Elmer and Jessie (Megarah) Adgate.

Eleanor began her education in the Riker Schoolhouse and graduated from Portland
High School, she continued on to Ferris College majoring in business.  She was
married to Kenneth Day on Oct. 23, 1940.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Elmer and Jessie (Megarah) Adgate;
husband of 61 years, Kenneth George Day; son, Douglas Lee Day; sister, Lois
Adgate; brothers, Lawrence Adgate, Neal Adgate, Leland Adgate and Wayne Adgate.

Surviving are her son, Gerald (Connie) Day; daughter, Joan Day-Martin (George
Martin); sisters, Margaret Whipple and Phyllis Jones; sisters-in-law, Mary Lou
Adgate, Sally Adgate, and Jo Ann Adgate; grandchildren, Kelly (William)
Hamilton, Jason Day, Jamie Day, Christopher Day-Martin (Amy Zachara); seven
great grandchildren; and 20 nieces and nephews.  

Eleanor was a resident of Portland for most of her life, spending two years in
Big Rapids while attending Ferris, and has been in the Kalkaska area since 2008.
 Her career encompassed working for Barley Earhart Corp. on Portland, the
Portland Review and Observer Newspaper and Michigan State’s Department of Adult
Continuing Education until her retirement.  She enjoyed target shooting,
knitting, sewing, bridge games with her life-long friends, long drives
throughout Michigan, camping, square dancing as a member of the Portland Dudes
and Dolls, floating the Grand River on a pontoon boat with her husband,
traveling across the country, listening to frogs sing at night, and her family
and friends.  She was a member of the Portland United Methodist Church.

The family would like to thank Meals on Wheels for their service in delivering
food and their friendly banter with Eleanor in her Portland home; Portland EMS
crews that responded to her aid when she was in need of them, always treating
her with thoughtful respect and professionalism; Special thanks to the Eden
Center in Kalkaska for the untiring care, gentle touches, warm smiles and much
more each day she spent with you.  You have all made our journey easier when we
struggled, you presence, dedication and service is so very much appreciated. 
Thank you all.

A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at Lehman
Funeral Homes, 210 E. Bridge St., Portland, with Pastor Keith Treman of the
Portland United Methodist Church presiding.  Interment will follow at Portland
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Monday at the funeral
home.


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