Bessie Ann Day

Bessie Ann Day, 62, Wamego, died Wednesday, Mar. 14, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Bessie was born in Lyons, Kansas on Sept. 21, 1949, the daughter of the late Anna Marie (Geist) Hawkins and Robert Melville Hawkins. Bessie Hawkins was united in marriage to James Day in June of 1976, they had 3 children and were later divorced. She attended and graduated from Lyons High School in 1967, attended Brown Mackie College in Salina from 1967 - 1968, graduating with an associates degree in business. Early in her life she worked on Wall Street, before beginning her career at McCall Pattern Co. where she worked from December 1969 to March of 2004. Following her time with McCall Pattern, she worked with Merry Maids of Manhattan. Bessie enjoyed bowling, her childrens activities, and socializing with her friends. Bessie is survived by a daughter, Emily Elizabeth Day, of West Palm Beach, Florida; and a son, Jimmy Hawkins Day, and his wife Kim, of Wamego. Bessie is also survived by three sisters, Georgia Mulanax and her husband Lloyd of Manhattan, Sherry Sheridan, of Rensselaer, New York, and Susie Burt and her husband Charles of Great Bend; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents and her son, Frank Hawkins Day 1979. Friends are invited to call Thursday Mar. 22, from 9am to 8pm with the family receiving friends from 6 pm to 8pm at the funeral home. A funeral service will be held at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home & Cremation at 10:00 am on Friday, Mar. 23, with Pastor Jol Klein officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 1315 SW Arrowhead Rd., Topeka, KS.