In Memorium
Obituaries: Marjorie Day, 79; Noted Lawyer in O.C.
Marjorie Day, who broke ground as a female attorney in Orange County and was a president of the Tustin Unified School Board, died Wednesday. She was 79.
Day opened a Tustin practice representing victims in personal injury and malpractice in 1980. She was the first female president of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the first elected to its national executive board. Last year, the organization named her the first female Trial Lawyer of the Year.
Day died on the 60th anniversary of her wedding to Wilbur Day, whom she married before he was shipped overseas during World War II as a bomber pilot.
A former Ohio resident who was raised in New York City, Day moved to California when her husband retired from the Air Force in 1963. She received her law degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton four years later.
Day is survived by her husband; daughter Leslie Ebert; sons Christopher, Mark and Eric; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Tustin.
January 04, 2003 As reported in the Los Angeles Times
Marjorie Day, who broke ground as a female attorney in Orange County and was a president of the Tustin Unified School Board, died Wednesday. She was 79.
Day opened a Tustin practice representing victims in personal injury and malpractice in 1980. She was the first female president of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the first elected to its national executive board. Last year, the organization named her the first female Trial Lawyer of the Year.
Day died on the 60th anniversary of her wedding to Wilbur Day, whom she married before he was shipped overseas during World War II as a bomber pilot.
A former Ohio resident who was raised in New York City, Day moved to California when her husband retired from the Air Force in 1963. She received her law degree from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton four years later.
Day is survived by her husband; daughter Leslie Ebert; sons Christopher, Mark and Eric; and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Jan. 23 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Tustin.
January 04, 2003 As reported in the Los Angeles Times
Obituaries: Wilbur A. Day 06/10/20 - 08/13/13
Will Day was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the elder of two children. He attended New York University where he studied engineering and enrolled in the ROTC. Will's sister introduced him to Marjorie Jean Wilson in St. Albans, New York and on January 1, 1943 they married; they were married for 60 years.
Shortly after they married, Will went off to war as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He flew B-24s over Germany during the war and later flew in the Berlin Air Lift, bringing food and supplies to the people of Germany. He became a test pilot for the Air Force, served in the Judge Advocate General's office, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1963. Moving his family to California, he began his second career as a Program Manager with Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach until his retirement in 1993. During that time he had attended law school at night, graduating from Western State University in 1974. Upon retiring from Douglas, he embarked upon his third career as an attorney with the firm of Day, Day and Brown, joining his wife Marjorie and eldest son Christopher. Will worked at the firm for nearly 20 years and continued to go to the office every day until 2011. Throughout his life he held firmly to his central values of hard work, duty and responsibility, conservative political views and patriotism.
Will is survived by his four children and 7 grandchildren. He will be buried with full military honors at the National Cemetery in Riverside on August 26th. A memorial service will be held in Munzing Hall at Trinity Presbyterian Church on September 6th at 1:00 p.m.Saddleback Chapel - Tustin
As reported in the Orange County Register on Aug. 25, 2013
Will Day was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the elder of two children. He attended New York University where he studied engineering and enrolled in the ROTC. Will's sister introduced him to Marjorie Jean Wilson in St. Albans, New York and on January 1, 1943 they married; they were married for 60 years.
Shortly after they married, Will went off to war as a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. He flew B-24s over Germany during the war and later flew in the Berlin Air Lift, bringing food and supplies to the people of Germany. He became a test pilot for the Air Force, served in the Judge Advocate General's office, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1963. Moving his family to California, he began his second career as a Program Manager with Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach until his retirement in 1993. During that time he had attended law school at night, graduating from Western State University in 1974. Upon retiring from Douglas, he embarked upon his third career as an attorney with the firm of Day, Day and Brown, joining his wife Marjorie and eldest son Christopher. Will worked at the firm for nearly 20 years and continued to go to the office every day until 2011. Throughout his life he held firmly to his central values of hard work, duty and responsibility, conservative political views and patriotism.
Will is survived by his four children and 7 grandchildren. He will be buried with full military honors at the National Cemetery in Riverside on August 26th. A memorial service will be held in Munzing Hall at Trinity Presbyterian Church on September 6th at 1:00 p.m.Saddleback Chapel - Tustin
As reported in the Orange County Register on Aug. 25, 2013
