The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-04
WILBUR E. DAY DEAD.
PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME
 SATURDAY EVENING.

Illness Came Very suddenly-A
 Sketch of His Career-A Useful,
 Prominent and Valuable Citizen.
 In the death of Wilbur F. Day, pres ident of the New Haven National bank, who died at his residence, 4O6 Prospect street, soon after o'clock Saturday evening, following an operation for ap- pendicitis. the city loses one of its best citizens, a man whose death is a dis tinct loss to this community. Mir. Day was in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His wife and children were with him at the time of his death.
 Mir. Day was a son of Zelotes and Eliza Atwater Day. Zelotes Day was a prominent and influential New Ha- ven business man, who left to his chill dren a large property which he had built up, in the Broadway and York street section of New Haven, and now known as the Day estate.
 Mir. Wilbur F. Day had during his long business career in New Haven been distinguished as an upright and public spirited citizen, and one of the most honorable of men, churchman, a man of philanthropic tendencies and q typical gentleman of the old school.
 Early in his business life he was confidential bookkeeper for the New Haven Wheel company. He next be, came bookkeeDer for the New Haven, now the New Haven National, bank, and he passed from one position to an- other in it's service until he arrived at the presidency, which position he has held for thirty-seven years. He was at the time of his election to the banks presidency one of the youngest bank presidents in any large city in the Unit ed States, if not the youngest. During his long career as banking man in New Haven he was prominently identi- fled with numerous business enterprises in this city.
 Besides being a trustee of the Con- necticut bank, he was a director of the Winchester Repeating Arms Go. He was a director of the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company until it was sold to the Consolidated Railway company.
 MT. Day was a leading member of Christ Episcopal church on Broadway, of which he was a warden at the time of his death. He was actively con- nected with the building of the new church edifce in that parish few years ago. He formerly lived for years on York street at the head of Wall street, and about two years since com pleted a residence on Prospect street, where he had since resided.
 Last spring Mir. Day accompanied his wife on European trip for the ben eft of her health, and. both of them re- turned to this city short time since in very good health. While he was ab- sent in Europe one of his sisters died in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Mir Day was atout town as usual last Wednesday, Early Thursday morn ing he was taken i'll and soon after was stricken with appendicitis, and grew worse so rapidly that an opera tion was resorted to early Friday morn ing, at about 1 o'clock. He rallied but LeGUIy ITUIu LlllS anu HIS uSIAh NalAAG Saturday night as stated.
 MT. Day years ago served the city of New Haven as a member of the board of councilmen. and later as an alder man.
 He was the auditor of Yale university at the time of his death, position he had filled for many years.
 He was chairman of the sinking fund commission of the City of New Haven, and was treasurer of the Shore Line railroad for long period during its corporate existence.
 Mir, Day was also chairman of the clearing house of the New Haven banks position he had held since the organ ization of the clearing house.
 He leaves a widow, who is the daugh- ter of the late Walter Osborn, who was for many years tax collector of New Haven; three children, Arthur H., Will bur F. and Osborne A.. Day, all of this city, and one brother, Augustus P. of Brooklyn, N. Y, and two sisters Mrs. Ezekiel H. Trowbridge of this city and Mrs. Ezra D. Futile of Brook lyn, N. Y.
 A service will be held at his late residence for his family and later a service will be held at Christ Episcopal church at 3 D. m. tomorrow, Tues l day. Interment will be in the Grove street cemetery.