His death certificate records Gabriel Day, age 68, born 11 July 1881 in Kentucky, died 24 Nov 1949 in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelby, Richland Co., Ohio, married, occupation railroading, father Henry C. Day, mother’s maiden name Carolina Sargent, cause of death cardio-vascular-renal disease, informant Harold R. Day, burial in Oakland, Shelby, Ohio.