Oris N. Sunday, 70, died at his home in Clay City at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Services are pending and will be announced later by the Cardascio Funeral Home in Clay City.
Mr. Sunday was born in Clay County. His Feb 26, 1909, son of Wilbur and Maggie (Burgin) Sunday. He married Bernice Wiltsey in Louisville on July 3, 1932.
Surviving Mr. Sunday is his wife, a son, Loren, Henderson, KY, three daughters, Linda Yates, Rochester, NY, Lois Gidcumb, Bowling Brook, and Anita Lake, Clay City, two brothers, Joseph Sunday, Clay City, and Bill Sunday, Fairfield, CA, a sister, Beatrice Cooper, Riverside, CA, and 10 grandchildren.
He was proceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Sunday owned a Clay City restaurant and was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church.
Taken from an Olney, IL area newspaper. Jan 1980.
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION. WOUNDED NEAR METZ, FRANCE.
PURPLE HEART
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (MOS 745). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JULY 26, 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH 'ALAMO' INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944 IN VICINITY OF METZ, FRANCE. REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD FOR IN-THEATER TREATMENT AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1945 AT PERCY JONES HOSPITAL CENTER, FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and photo has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
Oris Sunday
Father of Loren Lee, Linda, Lois, and Anita Sunday.
Services are pending and will be announced later by the Cardascio Funeral Home in Clay City.
Mr. Sunday was born in Clay County. His Feb 26, 1909, son of Wilbur and Maggie (Burgin) Sunday. He married Bernice Wiltsey in Louisville on July 3, 1932.
Surviving Mr. Sunday is his wife, a son, Loren, Henderson, KY, three daughters, Linda Yates, Rochester, NY, Lois Gidcumb, Bowling Brook, and Anita Lake, Clay City, two brothers, Joseph Sunday, Clay City, and Bill Sunday, Fairfield, CA, a sister, Beatrice Cooper, Riverside, CA, and 10 grandchildren.
He was proceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Sunday owned a Clay City restaurant and was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church.
Taken from an Olney, IL area newspaper. Jan 1980.
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION. WOUNDED NEAR METZ, FRANCE.
PURPLE HEART
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (MOS 745). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JULY 26, 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH 'ALAMO' INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944 IN VICINITY OF METZ, FRANCE. REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD FOR IN-THEATER TREATMENT AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1945 AT PERCY JONES HOSPITAL CENTER, FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and photo has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
Oris Sunday
Father of Loren Lee, Linda, Lois, and Anita Sunday.
Oris N. Sunday, 70, died at his home in Clay City at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Services are pending and will be announced later by the Cardascio Funeral Home in Clay City.
Mr. Sunday was born in Clay County. His Feb 26, 1909, son of Wilbur and Maggie (Burgin) Sunday. He married Bernice Wiltsey in Louisville on July 3, 1932.
Surviving Mr. Sunday is his wife, a son, Loren, Henderson, KY, three daughters, Linda Yates, Rochester, NY, Lois Gidcumb, Bowling Brook, and Anita Lake, Clay City, two brothers, Joseph Sunday, Clay City, and Bill Sunday, Fairfield, CA, a sister, Beatrice Cooper, Riverside, CA, and 10 grandchildren.
He was proceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Sunday owned a Clay City restaurant and was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church.
Taken from an Olney, IL area newspaper. Jan 1980.
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION. WOUNDED NEAR METZ, FRANCE.
PURPLE HEART
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (MOS 745). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JULY 26, 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH 'ALAMO' INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944 IN VICINITY OF METZ, FRANCE. REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD FOR IN-THEATER TREATMENT AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1945 AT PERCY JONES HOSPITAL CENTER, FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and photo has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
Oris Sunday
Father of Loren Lee, Linda, Lois, and Anita Sunday.
Services are pending and will be announced later by the Cardascio Funeral Home in Clay City.
Mr. Sunday was born in Clay County. His Feb 26, 1909, son of Wilbur and Maggie (Burgin) Sunday. He married Bernice Wiltsey in Louisville on July 3, 1932.
Surviving Mr. Sunday is his wife, a son, Loren, Henderson, KY, three daughters, Linda Yates, Rochester, NY, Lois Gidcumb, Bowling Brook, and Anita Lake, Clay City, two brothers, Joseph Sunday, Clay City, and Bill Sunday, Fairfield, CA, a sister, Beatrice Cooper, Riverside, CA, and 10 grandchildren.
He was proceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Sunday owned a Clay City restaurant and was a member of the Clay City United Methodist Church.
Taken from an Olney, IL area newspaper. Jan 1980.
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ACTIVITY DURING WWII
COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY, 90TH DIVISION. WOUNDED NEAR METZ, FRANCE.
PURPLE HEART
ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AS A DRAFTEE ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS. SELECTED FOR INFANTRY REPLACEMENT TRAINING, COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF RIFLEMAN (MOS 745). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S. ON JULY 26, 1944 BOUND FOR THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO AND FOUGHT WITH COMPANY C, 359TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 90TH 'ALAMO' INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 8, 1944 IN VICINITY OF METZ, FRANCE. REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD FOR IN-THEATER TREATMENT AND RETURNED TO THE U.S. FOR FURTHER TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION ON FEBRUARY 16, 1945. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WITH A CERTIFICATE OF DISABILITY ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1945 AT PERCY JONES HOSPITAL CENTER, FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN. EARNED THE PURPLE HEART MEDAL, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN WITH 2 BRONZE BATTLE STARS, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.
(This information and photo has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.)
World War II Memorial
Oris Sunday
Father of Loren Lee, Linda, Lois, and Anita Sunday.
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