REVEREND ROBERT C. DAY
AGE 90 YEARS
UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN
Reverend Robert C. Day, Former Head of The Advent School The Rev. Robert Charles Day, formerly of Beacon Hill, Boston, died peacefully on January 23 in Sarasota, Florida.
He had lived a full life of service, teaching and community involvement in Boston and on Martha's Vineyard.
He is survived by, among others, his wife of 53 years, Barbara Blackwell (Whidden) Day. Father Day was born in Hackensack, N.J. July 29, 1927, a son of Harvey Carter Day and Sophie Therese (Bausback) Day.
He was graduated from high school in Delaware, and in 1945-46 served in the Army on Governors Island in New York City. He went on to graduate from University of Delaware in 1949. Then, with the aid of a Fulbright Scholarship, he taught English in in 1955-56 in Kavala, Greece. He earned a Master's degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University's Corpus Christi College in England in 1959. Upon returning to the United States, he taught English at several preparatory schools including Groton School in Groton, MA, and St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before heeding his call to become an Episcopal minister. Bob earned his Master of Divinity degree at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., in 1965 after marrying Barbara, whom he had met while she worked in development at Lincoln Center.
In 1966, he was ordained a minister at The Advent Church. In the summer of 1964, Bob and Barbara volunteered at Mills College in Birmingham, Ala., an historic African-American college where Bob taught English to freshmen. Bob explained later that both he and Barbara realized then "that elementary school is where we need to start, this foundation is the most important part." The Advent School, which had been founded in 1961 in Boston, was the place, he said, where he believed "we could do something meaningful and enact what the nation has been trying so hard to do." It was shortly thereafter, in 1965, that he became Head of School of The Advent School and remained there for 30 years.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Bob Day is survived by daughter Catherine Day-Carlson of New York City, daughter Elizabeth Churchill, of Menlo Park, California, and son Matthew of Sarasota, Florida, plus 9 loving grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by his son-in-law, John Churchill. A small family gathering was held in Sarasota, where Bob and Barbara had moved in October to be near their son and his family. Father Day will be buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven in July, at a time to be announced.
Published in The Boston Globe on Feb. 11, 2018
AGE 90 YEARS
UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN
Reverend Robert C. Day, Former Head of The Advent School The Rev. Robert Charles Day, formerly of Beacon Hill, Boston, died peacefully on January 23 in Sarasota, Florida.
He had lived a full life of service, teaching and community involvement in Boston and on Martha's Vineyard.
He is survived by, among others, his wife of 53 years, Barbara Blackwell (Whidden) Day. Father Day was born in Hackensack, N.J. July 29, 1927, a son of Harvey Carter Day and Sophie Therese (Bausback) Day.
He was graduated from high school in Delaware, and in 1945-46 served in the Army on Governors Island in New York City. He went on to graduate from University of Delaware in 1949. Then, with the aid of a Fulbright Scholarship, he taught English in in 1955-56 in Kavala, Greece. He earned a Master's degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University's Corpus Christi College in England in 1959. Upon returning to the United States, he taught English at several preparatory schools including Groton School in Groton, MA, and St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before heeding his call to become an Episcopal minister. Bob earned his Master of Divinity degree at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., in 1965 after marrying Barbara, whom he had met while she worked in development at Lincoln Center.
In 1966, he was ordained a minister at The Advent Church. In the summer of 1964, Bob and Barbara volunteered at Mills College in Birmingham, Ala., an historic African-American college where Bob taught English to freshmen. Bob explained later that both he and Barbara realized then "that elementary school is where we need to start, this foundation is the most important part." The Advent School, which had been founded in 1961 in Boston, was the place, he said, where he believed "we could do something meaningful and enact what the nation has been trying so hard to do." It was shortly thereafter, in 1965, that he became Head of School of The Advent School and remained there for 30 years.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Bob Day is survived by daughter Catherine Day-Carlson of New York City, daughter Elizabeth Churchill, of Menlo Park, California, and son Matthew of Sarasota, Florida, plus 9 loving grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by his son-in-law, John Churchill. A small family gathering was held in Sarasota, where Bob and Barbara had moved in October to be near their son and his family. Father Day will be buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven in July, at a time to be announced.
Published in The Boston Globe on Feb. 11, 2018
REVEREND ROBERT C. DAY
AGE 90 YEARS
UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN
Reverend Robert C. Day, Former Head of The Advent School The Rev. Robert Charles Day, formerly of Beacon Hill, Boston, died peacefully on January 23 in Sarasota, Florida.
He had lived a full life of service, teaching and community involvement in Boston and on Martha's Vineyard.
He is survived by, among others, his wife of 53 years, Barbara Blackwell (Whidden) Day. Father Day was born in Hackensack, N.J. July 29, 1927, a son of Harvey Carter Day and Sophie Therese (Bausback) Day.
He was graduated from high school in Delaware, and in 1945-46 served in the Army on Governors Island in New York City. He went on to graduate from University of Delaware in 1949. Then, with the aid of a Fulbright Scholarship, he taught English in in 1955-56 in Kavala, Greece. He earned a Master's degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University's Corpus Christi College in England in 1959. Upon returning to the United States, he taught English at several preparatory schools including Groton School in Groton, MA, and St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before heeding his call to become an Episcopal minister. Bob earned his Master of Divinity degree at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., in 1965 after marrying Barbara, whom he had met while she worked in development at Lincoln Center.
In 1966, he was ordained a minister at The Advent Church. In the summer of 1964, Bob and Barbara volunteered at Mills College in Birmingham, Ala., an historic African-American college where Bob taught English to freshmen. Bob explained later that both he and Barbara realized then "that elementary school is where we need to start, this foundation is the most important part." The Advent School, which had been founded in 1961 in Boston, was the place, he said, where he believed "we could do something meaningful and enact what the nation has been trying so hard to do." It was shortly thereafter, in 1965, that he became Head of School of The Advent School and remained there for 30 years.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Bob Day is survived by daughter Catherine Day-Carlson of New York City, daughter Elizabeth Churchill, of Menlo Park, California, and son Matthew of Sarasota, Florida, plus 9 loving grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by his son-in-law, John Churchill. A small family gathering was held in Sarasota, where Bob and Barbara had moved in October to be near their son and his family. Father Day will be buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven in July, at a time to be announced.
Published in The Boston Globe on Feb. 11, 2018
AGE 90 YEARS
UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN
Reverend Robert C. Day, Former Head of The Advent School The Rev. Robert Charles Day, formerly of Beacon Hill, Boston, died peacefully on January 23 in Sarasota, Florida.
He had lived a full life of service, teaching and community involvement in Boston and on Martha's Vineyard.
He is survived by, among others, his wife of 53 years, Barbara Blackwell (Whidden) Day. Father Day was born in Hackensack, N.J. July 29, 1927, a son of Harvey Carter Day and Sophie Therese (Bausback) Day.
He was graduated from high school in Delaware, and in 1945-46 served in the Army on Governors Island in New York City. He went on to graduate from University of Delaware in 1949. Then, with the aid of a Fulbright Scholarship, he taught English in in 1955-56 in Kavala, Greece. He earned a Master's degree in English Language and Literature at Oxford University's Corpus Christi College in England in 1959. Upon returning to the United States, he taught English at several preparatory schools including Groton School in Groton, MA, and St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H., before heeding his call to become an Episcopal minister. Bob earned his Master of Divinity degree at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Mass., in 1965 after marrying Barbara, whom he had met while she worked in development at Lincoln Center.
In 1966, he was ordained a minister at The Advent Church. In the summer of 1964, Bob and Barbara volunteered at Mills College in Birmingham, Ala., an historic African-American college where Bob taught English to freshmen. Bob explained later that both he and Barbara realized then "that elementary school is where we need to start, this foundation is the most important part." The Advent School, which had been founded in 1961 in Boston, was the place, he said, where he believed "we could do something meaningful and enact what the nation has been trying so hard to do." It was shortly thereafter, in 1965, that he became Head of School of The Advent School and remained there for 30 years.
In addition to his wife, Barbara, Bob Day is survived by daughter Catherine Day-Carlson of New York City, daughter Elizabeth Churchill, of Menlo Park, California, and son Matthew of Sarasota, Florida, plus 9 loving grandchildren.
He was pre-deceased by his son-in-law, John Churchill. A small family gathering was held in Sarasota, where Bob and Barbara had moved in October to be near their son and his family. Father Day will be buried at Abel's Hill Cemetery in Chilmark. A celebration of his life will be held at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven in July, at a time to be announced.
Published in The Boston Globe on Feb. 11, 2018
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