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Marjorie Dale Day
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March 3, 1950 ~ January 11, 2014 |
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January 14, 2014 |
 Marjorie
Dale Day passed away on January 11, 2014, near
Bonners Ferry after an extended illness.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday
January 16, at the Woodland Mennonite Church,
Bonners Ferry. Burial will be in the Woodland
Mennonite Church cemetery.
A memorial service will also be in Burlingame,
Kansas, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, January
23, in the high school gymnasium Memorial
contributions can be made to Midland Hospice,
200 SW Frazier Cr, Topeka, KS 66606-2800
Marj was born March 3, 1950, at Smith Center, in
Smith County, Kansas. Her death was due to a
long time fight with cancer.
She grew up in the family farm in Osborn, Kansas
and graduated from the Osborn High School in
1968. She attended Fort Hays University;
graduating in 1972 with a BA in Physical
Education. She later received certification in
Biology and General Science from Kansas State
University in Manhattan, Kansas.
Marj worked for the Kansas Division of Girl
Scouts as a field advisor in Salina, Kansas. Her
teaching career began in the Nashville-Zenda
school system in the Cunningham District at the
Junior High for three years. She went to
Burlingame USD 454 District as a biology and
general science teacher also teaching high
school physical education. She was a coach for
volleyball and basketball.
Washburn University provided her with a degree
in art, which was her main focus until her
recent resignation due to her health.
Marj was a valuable softball player for the
summer softball team in Burlingame for many
summers.
Marj was a longtime member of the Federated
Church of Burlingame and worked with the Youth
for Christ and L bar C Ranch as a counselor for
many years. The stained glass window project
that adorned the school building windows during
the Christmas season inspired the whole
community and any travelers through town for
over 16 years.
Marj's teaching practices and being able to
inspire her students have become legendary. She
will be long remembered for being tough but fair
to her students; always pushing them to do their
best. Students were her life and being a teacher
was not work to her. Many will remember having
to write and "Opportunity."
Her teaching career spanned 37 and Vi years.
Marj would spend her summers in Idaho with the
Clay and Dot Unruh and extended family. She won
many friends there also. Her life was rich with
adventures of fishing, huckleberry picking and
yard saling. After her retirement she went back
to Idaho until her death.
Her fellow teachers, students and many friends
will sorely miss her in Burlingame. Surviving In
Osborn, Kansas are her mother Adeline Day, Her
sister Jeanne (Don) Becker and brother Edwin
Day.
Family and friends are invited to sign Marj’s
book at
www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are entrusted to the care of
Bonners Ferry Funeral Home. |
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