Lucille Day

Lucille Day, born in Brooklyn in 1926, the matriarch of a very large and loving family, died March 12 at the age of 99.   She was a very strong woman who weathered many storms, and yet always persevered and led a happy and productive life until the very end.    She was a selfless person who cared little for material things, but rather was more concerned with the happiness and well-being of her family.  She was a resident of Valley Stream since 1968. 

She is survived by her 4 children and their spouses, 7 grandchildren and their spouses, and 5 Great Grandchildren.  Her husband Richard P. Day passed away in 1981.  She will be sorely missed.

Luci led a great life.  She was a child prodigy on the piano, worked for 8 years at a Wall Street brokerage firm as a secretary, got married and had 4 kids, and eventually went back to school to become a court reporter.  She worked in that profession throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s and then retired.  Within months, she saw an ad for a business school (Business Informatics) in Valley Stream that was looking for a Court Reporting teacher.  Though she never taught before, she got that job and worked there for about 25 years until she was 89 and the school closed.    She was loved by her many students who appreciated her patience and sincere desire to see them succeed.   After the school closed, she continued working until her death at age 99, making some money editing the depositions taken by some of her former students.  Sometimes she’d read a hundred pages or more of testimony in a day and make corrections.  She had outstanding English skills.  She did it less for the money, and more to keep her mind sharp, which it always was.

Aside from her family, Luci’s major interests were watching her beloved soap operas, going gambling in Atlantic City, and playing word games like Words WithFriends and Wordle on a daily basis.  She was incredibly hard to beat.

She was a strong woman of great character and had the love and respect of all who knew her.   She loved life, but when it was apparent the end was near, she said she was very happy with her life and had no regrets and was just looking forward to reuniting with her husband and other loved ones in the next life.  She was an inspiration to so many people and will never be forgotten.