Edna Allene Day
September 21, 1943 ~ February 7, 2023
Resided in:
Sanford, Maine
Edna A. Day, 79, of Sanford, went on to her heavenly reward on the afternoon of February 7, 2023, surrounded by her family at Gosnell Home in Scarborough, Maine.
She was born on September 21, 1943, in Bangor, the daughter of the late Frederick P. and Esther K. (Morrison) Day of Milo, Maine. Educated in Milo Schools and graduated from Higgins Classical Institute in Charleston, Maine, Edna went on to earn a nursing degree and graduating in January 1961 at the Maine School of Practical Nursing now known as the University of Maine in Presque Isle. Always working the night shift, Edna worked at nursing facilities along the coast of Maine and settling in Sanford where she took care of Henry and Nellie Connors, friends of the Day family, until their respective passings in 1991 and 1994. Afterwards, Edna worked at nursing facilities in greater Sanford area and retired from Huntington Commons in Kennebunk.
Edna is predeceased by her parents, uncles and aunts, a Cousin John Vose, a special family friend Ellen Simpson, and a beloved dog – Punky. Edna is survived by her cat Buster, her sister Kay Day of Bangor, her brother Dale and his spouse Dennis Ouellette of Saco, Cousins Ralph and Elizabeth Vose and their son Marc and his wife Cheryl, all of Somersworth, New Hampshire, and Susan Vose of Copperas Cove, Texas, along with many dear and treasured friends from the Sanford First Baptist Church, the Trafton Senior Center and neighbors in Sanford.
Visitation will be held at Sanford First Baptist Church, 905 Main Street, Sanford, Maine from 12:30 pm to 1:45 pm on Saturday, February 18, 2023, followed by a funeral service at 2 pm to be concelebrated (at Edna’s request) by Reverend Philip Bean, Pastor of Sanford First Baptist Church and The Rev. Andrew D’Angio White, Rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church of Kennebunk. You are invited, if you wish, to please come dressed in blue - Edna’s favorite color. The funeral service will be live streamed on the Black Funeral Homes and Cremation Service Facebook page for those unable to attend in person. A collation will follow in the Great Hall at the Church. At the family’s convenience and at a later date, Edna’s cremated remains will be buried in the Morrison Family plot with her parents, grandparents, and aunts at Oak Grove Cemetery, Bangor, Maine.
Donations in Edna’s memory may be made to the Sanford First Baptist Church, 905 Main Street, Sanford, Maine 04073 or to The Gosnell Memorial Hospice House, 11 Hunnewell Rd, Scarborough, ME 04074.
Arrangements are under the direction of Black Funeral Homes and cremation service, Sanford-Springvale.
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Edna was truly one of the most positive, non-judgmental, God loving people I have ever known!
We all had our lives enriched just by knowing and being around Edna. You could not help but smile and almost always laugh when being around Edna!
There were three of us children, Kay was the first child born into the family, Edna was the second one and then myself, Dale, the only male. Edna was and will always be the most Positive person I ever knew!
She loved to go to yard sales, second hand shops, gift shops, go have coffee, ice cream with a friend or friends. She loved to take rides on the country roads, back roads, walks with her friends. She especially loved to read her Bible, books, magazines, etc. She loved sharing books back and forth with her sister, Kay. She loved what she called her “spa” weekend monthly times with Dale, Dennis and our cat. She enjoyed so much the many times she spent with Ralph, Liz, Marc, their friends and the beautiful dogs that Ralph & Liz took care of. For years the once a month weekend trip where Edna and I would go visit our sister Kay. The many many special friends she would go walking with, out for coffee, an ice cream, lunch with. She loved the times of going to her Church on Sunday, her friends from the Trafton Center. I could go on and on and I know I have left out many other things Edna loved to to liked spending time with her dog Punky of years ago, time with her cat of Buster over the last many years. This is just a short list of things Edna loved to do!
Her love of God, family and all of her friends.
Edna is and will always be my one of two sisters. She is now my sister in heaven!
Honest as the day is Long! Positive! Loving!, great listener, keep it simple!
ALL THE TIME!!!
Edna was great at bringing you up when you were “down in the dumps of life!”
Her unconditional love of people no what the circumstances.
By listening to whatever they had to say. Edna was a great listener to anyone!
Her selflessness
Her smile and that twinkle in her eye!
By sharing her positive attitude, thoughts, comments and Love to everyone she came in contact with.
That Edna treated every human being she met as an equal with the most respect.
I could write a complete book about funny stories about Edna! Just one is when Dennis, Edna and I were in a store years ago and to be funny (cause of her being under 5 feet tall) she put on a pair of very high heel shows, took a few steps and we had to hold on to her to keep her from falling off them! (just one of hundreds of funny fun times with Edna!
Edna was born a preemie entering this world at a whoping 3 pounds 3 ounces!
Her witty comedic humor
Be patient with everybody. You never know what other people are going through,never judge a book by their cover.
Edna was the sweetest lady I have come to know and she was my grandparents neighbor where she would regularly come over and just visit to see how they were doing,she also I’d like to say,that she would absolutely do anything for anyone. She was so loved and her passing was a shock to me to find out she has passed. I will always remember her for her witty humor and gracious love that she showed to everyone she had come in contact with. May you Rest In Peace Edna. I love You.❤️
Edna was one of the sweetest ladies in all the world. Always with a lovely smile and a spark in her eyes. She was a dear friend who frequented the Oldtimers’ Shop for years of happy memories. My love and prayers for happy memories to her family and friends.
Thank you for your selfless service as an RN. It did not go unnoticed and you changed countless lives
Edna lived her life by believing kindness was much better than any other gift.
It takes a special person to go visit the elderly and the sick, but she was often first in line to care.
The thing that always made me laugh was how unreadable her writing was. When she sent me a birthday card, I would have to wait until I saw her again to have her interpret what she had written. Half the time she couldn’t read it either.
Edna is my husband’s cousin and thus my cousin by marriage. I have known her since 1970.
Edna always downplayed her intelligence for humor but anyone who knew her knew better. A smart woman who always wanted to learn new things is how I would describe her.
Edna was a tiny woman who had the largest sense of humor in the room. She could make anyone smile.