Sunday, Oris Neal

1909 - 1980  (70 years)

• Name	Sunday, Oris Neal
  		Sunday's Ice Cream Parlor Contributed by Doris (Mayo) Bissey
  		Lucille Thomas and Oris Sunday Displayed with permission of Mike Ragan
  		Sunday's Ice Cream Parlor Demolished Displayed with permission of Mike Ragan
  Birth	26 Feb 1909	Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	In the 1930 Census, Oris is living with the William S. Holam family.
  		1940 Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, page 10a 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 20, page 10a The writing in the 1940 Federal census for Clay City, Illinois is sometimes difficult to read. Ancestry.com has attempted to index this census, but there are many transcription errors.
  		1930 Census, Clay City Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 03a 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 05, page 03a
  Occupation	Store Clerk, Owner of Sunday's Ice Cream Parlor, Clay City, Illinois  [5]
  Reference Number	SUND.O001
  _FGRAVE	18119066
  Death	9 Jan 1980  [1, 2, 3, 7]
  Funeral	12 Jan 1980	Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, Company C, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th ‘Alamo' Infantry Division, United States Army  [2, 8]
  	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 actiotion 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 witth 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. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2296859
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  		Oris Neal Sunday (1909-1980)
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Combat Infantryman Badge, United States Army
  		Military Service Ribbons, Oris Neal Sunday (1909-1980) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Army
  		Good Conduct Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		90th Infantry Division ("Tough 'Ombres"), United States Army
  		90th Infantry Division ("Tough 'Ombres"), United States Army
  		Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  		Metz, France
  		Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan
  		World War II Honoree, Sunday, Oris N. (1909-1980)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 01 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 02 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 03 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 23 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  Burial	12 Jan 1980	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Plot: Lot 5 - 2 Add - Row 16
  		Headstone, Sunday, Oris N. and Bernice M.
  Person ID	I16521	Carl Wayne Gray Research | Sunday - Worrell Wilbur Sunday and Jessie Worrell Descendants
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Sunday, Wilbur Cecil Jr.,   b. 25 Dec 1888, Illinois d. 2 Dec 1949, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Burgin, Maggie May,   b. 11 Sep 1891, Kentucky d. 19 Feb 1920, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Clay County, Illinois   [6, 9, 10, 11]
  Family ID	F7493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wiltsey, Bernice M.,   b. 21 Apr 1911, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 31 Mar 2003, Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	3 Jul 1932	Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [2, 4, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : 23 years and 5 months - She : 21 years and 3 months.
  Children	+ 1. Sunday, Lois > 2. Sunday, Loren Lee,   b. 7 Aug 1934, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 7 Aug 2021, Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, Florida (Age 87 years) > 3. Sunday, Linda Lou,   b. 30 Nov 1940, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois d. 28 Dec 2023, Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida (Age 83 years) + 4. Living
  Family ID	F7492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Feb 1909 - Clay County, Illinois Marriage - 3 Jul 1932 - Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Funeral - 12 Jan 1980 - Cardascio Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois Burial - 12 Jan 1980 - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Sunday's Restaurant and Ice Cream Parlor, Clay City, Illinois, 1955 1955 - Oris Sunday behind counter. Ralph Payne on stool. Richard Hart at table. Cooks, Nell Shock & Edna Wilson From the Edna Bernice (McDowell) Wilson (1918-2004) collection. Contributed by Leona Mae McDowell
  		Oris Sunday and Dee Shehorn Contributed by Doris (Mayo) Bissey
  		Sunday's Ice Cream Parlor Being Demolished Displayed with permission of Mike Ragan

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4057] Funeral Card, Sunday, Oris N., none. (Reliability: 2). [S4058] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sunday, Oris N. and Bernice M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18119066/oris_neal_sunday), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4059] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sunday, Oris Neal, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18119066/oris_neal_sunday), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4060] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 20, page 10a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.as) (Reliability: 3). [S264] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 0004) (Township), image 05, page 3a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6224/4584337_00620?backurl=https%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fd), none. (Reliability: 2). [S3583] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Enumeration District 3, Page 3A, (http://search.ancestry.com/content/viewer.aspx?dbid=6061&iid=4300174_00612&noredir=true&sid=&gskw=) (Reliability: 2). [S4061] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sunday, Bernice, 91, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7325556/bernice-sunday), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14773] World War II Honoree, Oris N. Sunday, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2296859) (Reliability: 2). [S4604] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sunday, Joseph W., 86, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18119102/joseph-william-sunday), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16010] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sunday, Wilber C., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258099046/wilbur_cecil_sunday), none. (Reliability: 2). [S16011] https://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sunday, Maggie, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/258098907/maggie_may_sunday), none. (Reliability: 2).