Ruth Eloise Day

Viewing will be held on Wednesday, October 8th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and a service will be held on Thursday, October 9th 10:00 a.m. There will be a viewing at the Davis Funeral Home in Leavenworth, KS, on Monday, October 13th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Day will be laid to rest on the morning of October 14th at the Mount Muncie Cemetery in Lansing, KS.

Mrs. Day was born and raised in Andrew County Missouri, graduated from Fillmore High School in 1943 (Eloise Lambright), attended Missouri State Teachers College in Maryville, Missouri, taught elementary school during World War II, and worked for several corporations as an executive secretary from 1946 to 1988. In 1946, she married Alfred N. Hurst, and through this union, brought three children into the family. Transfers with IBM took them to Omaha, NE; Endicott, NY; Rochester, MN; Barrington, IL; Stamford, CT; and Atlanta, GA. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Tallahassee and a volunteer at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital for many years. As a harpist, she was active in the Tallahassee Music Guild, the Tallahassee Symphony Society, the Killearn Ladies Club, and the Golden Eagle Ladies Club.

In 1988, Mrs. Day married Robert W. Day, a retired Foreign Service Officer, and they made their home in Tallahassee, Florida. They had a wonderful marriage for 26 years and traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and South America.

She is survived by her husband, two sons and wives, Byron N. and Karen Hurst of Wausau, WI and Gary S. Hurst and Lauren Moll of San Diego, CA, one daughter, Linda C. Hurst of Redmond, WA, and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Betsey Leonard of Westminster, MD, Mrs. Shaula Noonan of Old Town, FL, and a step grandson, Jack D. Leonard III of Westminster, MD. She also has three grandchildren, all in the United States Navy, Commander Christopher N. Hurst, Commander Nicole D. Hurst, and Lieutenant Andrew J. Hurst, two great granddaughters, one great grandson, and one sister, Mrs. Lucille Jones of St. Joseph, MO. Mrs. Day is preceded in death by her former husband, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lambright, her brother, Eldon L. Lambright, and one sister, Elaine Skelton.

Eloise instilled her deeply held values of honesty and integrity in all of her children and will always be remembered by them with the greatest of love, and will be extremely missed by her family and friends.

Memorial gifts may be given to Tallahassee Trinity Methodist Church or to the American Cancer Society.