Thelma O'Day's Obituary
Thelma F. (Feyerabend) O'Day, age 96, of Bridgeville, DE, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2009, at the Delaware Hospice Center, Milford, DE. Mrs. O'Day was born October 7, 1912 in Bridgeville, daughter of the late Edward J. and Helen Virginia (Conaway) Feyerabend.
Mrs. O'Day operated the O'Day Grocery Store in Bridgeville for 23 years until it closed in 1982. She was an active member of the Greenwood Cheer Center and Chaplains Chapel Church for many years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband William Morgan O'Day (1985). She is survived by son Kenneth O'Day and wife Bonnie of Bridgeville; her daughter Norma Lee Hastings and husband Wes of Seaford, DE; 4 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 8, 2009, at 2:00 PM, at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws Street, Bridgeville, DE with the Rev. Homer Keene officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday beginning at 1:00 PM. Interment will be at St. Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood, DE.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963. (www.parsellfuneralhomes.com)
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