January 19, 2026

Julius E. Day Obit

I don't recall ever seeing this obituary.  That can't be true. 

Julius is the father of Stella Burrill (Day) Robbins.  Stella is the mother of my grandmother, Mildred (Robbins) Day.  Me, dad, Mildred (Robbins) Arnold, Stella (Burrill) Day, Julius E. Day and Mary (Burrill) Day. 

Julius Day died February 17, 1923, in Harvey, Illinois. 

Quoting from paper below:

"The body was brought to Buckley on Monday morning and interment took place at the family lot in the home cemetery."  

What is this saying?  I never could find a burial site in Find A Grave for Julius or his wife, Mary (Burrill) Day.  None in Thawville nor Woodland Cemetery in Buckley.  I transcribed all the stones in Woodland Cemetery several years ago.  Julius has family buried there . . . his father, mother, aunts and uncles and his son. 

Are they buried at their home site? I doubt it . . . 1923 is pretty late for a burial on the farm.  He is probably buried at Woodland in Buckley "at the family lot in the home cemetery" as his father, mother, and son, Ralph, are all buried there. There is no stone for Julius and Mary Day located in that family lot though.  

--The Paxton Record.  Paxton, Ford County, Illinois, 22 February 1923.  Page 2.
--Woodland Cemetery, Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.  

I don't recall the name on the small stone.  I'll have to look that up from my notes.  I am thinking it was Sprague.  More research.  

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