Wilma Marie Day, age 94, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on April 27, 2025, at Magnolia Square. Marie was born to Fred and Mildred Cunningham Letterman on March 11, 1931 in Niangua, MO. She was raised in Niangua, MO and graduated from Niangua High School. Marie was united in marriage to John Day on May 14, 1949. Marie and John shared 63 years of marriage before John's passing on January 27, 2013. The couple was blessed with two daughters, Diana and Martha.
Marie retired from St. John's Hospital. Marie was an avid bowler for many years and enjoyed following the St. Louis Cardinals and the North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball. Nothing, however, brought her more fulfillment than being "Nanny" to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Marie was preceded in death by her husband, John Day; father, Fred Letterman; mother, Mildred Letterman; and brother, Don Letterman. She is survived by her two daughters, Diana Campbell, and husband Steve, and Martha Webb; brother Fred Letterman, and wife Carol; four granddaughters, Amber Herring, and husband Kent; Brett Havel, and husband Gerrod; Lindsey Dawson, and husband Shane; and Sarah Thomas, and husband Kelly; and eight great-grandchildren, Blake and Kail Herring, Ashlynn and Quentin Havel, Adley and Daxen Dawson, and William and Hayden Thomas.
A visitation will be held from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm, Friday, May 2, 2025 at Greenlawn Funeral Home South. A Celebration of Life will start at 1:30 pm with burial to follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Springfield, MO.