Richard Donald Day

AIKEN, SC – Mr. Richard Donald Day, 87, loving husband of Barbara Martha Sevits Day, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2016. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Woodside Country Club. Mr. Day was born in Lima, OH to the late Richard and Mary Miller Day. He graduated from the US Naval Academy and became an Air Force pilot and Air Force Academy flight instructor. As part of his military duties he was selected to be on the cover of Newsweek magazine and a guest on the Ed Sullivan show modeling the new Air Force Academy uniform. Mr. Day spent the remainder  of his career working as a sales manager for Motorola. In addition to his wife, Mr. Day is survived by a daughter, Kimli (John) Fioravanti, Doylestown, PA; three sons, Corey Day, Palmerton, PA, Jeffery (Caroline) Day, Doylestown, PA, Robert Day, Lehighton, PA; eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Aiken Heart Association, P.O. Box 5211, Aiken, SC  29804. SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC 29801 Mr. Day’s online guestbook may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Richard Donald Day, please visit our flower store.