DAY, Bernadette

Bernadette A. Day, 91, of Newcastle passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at a Sioux City hospital surrounded by her family. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Newcastle, with the Rev. Andrew Sohm officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Newcastle. Visitation with the family present will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, with a wake and rosary service at 7:30 p.m., at the parish hall in Newcastle. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be given at www.meyerbroschapels.com. Bernadette and her identical twin sister, Bernadine, were born June 2, 1924, in rural Ponca, NE, to Tom and Nora (Sullivan) Shanahan. Bernadette graduated from Ponca High School in 1942 and then attended Wayne State College, where she earned her teaching degree. She taught in the rural Ponca area in numerous schools. Bernadette and Paul Day were joined in matrimony at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ponca on July 14, 1953. They were blessed with five children. Together they farmed and raised livestock in rural Newcastle. Bernadette loved farm life and all that it entailed. Her two greatest joys were being a farmer's wife and raising her family. In 1989, Bernadette moved into Newcastle. Bernadette was a long-time member of St. Peter's Catholic Church, Altar Society, and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include her daughters, Peggy (Mark) Gregg and Bonnie Bevelhymer and fiancé, Terry Rohan, all of Ponca; daughter-in-law, Susie Day of Newcastle; sister, Monica Richards of Ponca; sisters-in-law, Shirley Shanahan of Ventura, CA, and Ilona Day of Sioux City; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; three sons, Larry, Gene and Roger Day; her parents; brother, Michael Shanahan; twin sister, Bernadine Finnegan; two sons-in-law, Kevin McGill and Steve Bevelhymer; and two brothers-in-law, Ray Finnegan and Tom Richards.