Captain Francis "Frank" W. Day, CEC, USN (Ret.) died November 25, 2014 at the age of 91.

He was born May 31, 1923 to Frank and Jean Day in Dietz, Wyoming. The family later moved to Monarch, Wyoming where Frank grew up near the beautiful Big Horn Mountains. Frank attended high school in Sheridan, Wyoming, graduating with honors.

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy, serving aboard the Battleship Tennessee as a "white hat" in the South Pacific. Late in the war, Frank was chosen for the ROTC program at Notre Dame and returned to the states.

He later transferred to the University of Colorado where he met Ruth, his future wife.

Frank graduated from Colorado with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, and on the same day was commissioned as Ensign in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps. During this Navy career, Frank extended his education, earning a degree in Civil Engineering from Rensaleer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, a Masters in Management from the Navy Postgraduate School in Monterey, California and taking supplementary courses in Electrical Engineering at Cal Berkeley. He held a double PE (Mechanical and Civil Engineering) for his working career.

Frank served his country for 31 years in the United States and many parts of the world: Guam, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, East Africa, Turkey, and the Mid-East during the cold war, and Vietnam.

After retiring from the Navy in 1974, Frank took a position with Kellar & Gannon in San Francisco, and then later with Lester B. Knight in Chicago, managing engineering projects in the U.S. and internationally.

Frank was an avid hunter and fisherman, gardener, frequent traveler with his wife Ruth, and a life-long proud ambassador for his beloved State of Wyoming.

He enjoyed his tenure as grandfather to his six grandchildren and was always ready to "fire up the grill".

He is survived by his wife Ruth, sons Robin (wife, Carol) and Brian (wife, Irene), and grandchildren Julie, Brian, Jenna, Andrea, Stefanie, and Lisa.

Frank was predeceased by his daughter Laurie Wakenight and his parents and siblings.

Services will be held on January 6, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Willamette National Cemetery, Portland, Oregon,

The Sheridan Press – Dec. 18, 2014.