Linden Day

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 10:03pm — Diane Dyer

Linden C. Day, 84 of Morgantown passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at the Morgantown Care & Rehab Center in Morgantown. Mr. Day was born August 8, 1927, in Chicago, Illinois to the late Orville Day and Lola Daugherty Day. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife Lavena Flener Day, one daughter Mary Garner, son Jimmy Day, and two brothers Leo and Louis Day. He was a graduate from Cromwell High School, and a WWII Army-Air force Veteran who fought in Okinawa. Linden was a entrepreneur, who owned the Flener Hotel, Skating Rink and the Day's Restaurant all in Morgantown, he was a bus driver for 16 years for the Butler County Board of Education and a member of the First Baptist Church in Morgantown.

Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Smith Funeral Home in Morgantown, Kentucky, with Bro.Chad Bewley officiating . Burial will be in the Riverview Cemetery in Morgantown. Visitation will be Friday, May 18th from 3 - 9 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m until funeral time at Smith Funeral Home.

Linden is survived by two daughters Diana Burden (Tom) of Mt Washington; Leona Day of Morgantown, four grandchildren Andrea Crane (Jeff) of Louisville; Matthew and Angela Burden of Mt Washington; Shayna Ginnona of Morgantown; Lauren Gallagher and Aaron of Fairbanks Alaska, seven great-grandchildren Kelsie Burden of Mt Washington; Seth Crane of Louisville; Harley and Jax Ginnona of Morgantown; Peyton, Carson and Camyrn Gallagher of Fairbanks, two brothers Elmer Day (Frances) of Nokomis, Fl., Bobby ( Brenda) Day of Hartford
and several nieces and nephews.

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Submitted by Jill Compton (not verified) on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 10:16pm

I am so sorry to hear of Lindens passing. My thoughts and prayers go out to you Leona and your family.

Submitted by Glenda & Rick Flener (not verified) on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 11:02pm

Diana & Tom, Leona, and family, I am so sorry to hear of Linden's passing. I have such fond memories of your dad. He truly was a great inspiration to me.

Submitted by Debbie Marrs (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:40am

Rest in peace Linden Day. You gave alot of yourself to the Morgantown community. You are now at rest. May God give your family comfort to say Good-bye to you at this time. Prayers for your family.

Submitted by Barbara Myers (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 8:45am

So sorry to hear of Linden's passing. We have so many good memories of the days when Mrs. Day cared for our Ann. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

Submitted by Mel Butler (not verified) on Thu, 05/17/2012 - 12:11pm

Sure will miss Lindon, All my trips to KY, I always looked forward to seeing and staying with cousin Lindon. I seen him 2 yrs ago and it seemed like yesterday. We'll seen him soon.................Mel Butler

Submitted by Gail Wilder (not verified) on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 10:55am

He was a great man I always enjoyed talking to him. He will be missed by all who knew him.

Submitted by The Garrisons (not verified) on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 7:10pm

Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.

Submitted by jeff jennings (not verified) on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 6:44am

A wonderful man and great citizen!!! I have such fond memories of Day's restaurant and the Skating Rink... God Bless!!!

Submitted by Tom and Diana Burden (not verified) on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 10:32pm

Thanks for all the kind words about our father. Although he could not remember the times we spent with him during his last year, we tried to take Thanks so much for your kind words. During the last year, we spent most of our time with him taking him back home for short visits and making trips to The Cracker Barrel with him. He enjoyed those trips a lot, but the real joy was for us as he always kept us entertained with his quick wit and humor. But in the end, he was weary and could not stay here with us. It is hard to believe he is gone and we will have to find our peace in knowing he left for an eternal home with joys far greater than was possible here.

Submitted by Angelia (Fields... (not verified) on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 6:07pm

I am so sorry to hear of Mr. Day's passing. I have a lot of fond memories to hold on too. My mother worked at Days Restaurant when i was a small child i remember playing there.I never missed a day the skating rink was open growing up. Mr. Day offered the children of Morgantown entertainment that they do not have now.I appreciate that alot.As an adult i got the pleasure of caring for Mr. Day at Morgantown Care and Rehab i really enjoyed the talks we had about his life history.I also enjoyed moments of laughter with him reminiscing about my childhood days at the skating rink and dance! My prayers go out to his family and may God bless you!!