Richard Day

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Chaplain Day was ordained in 1963 and served Lutheran Churches in Torquay, Saskatchewan, Winona and Glenville, Minnesota.  He went on active duty as a Navy Chaplain in 1970.  His tours of duty included two deployments to Viet Nam on Navy Destroyers, 1971-1973; Naval Hospital,  Long Beach California; Naval Air Station Keflevik Iceland; first active duty Chaplain stationed  in Hong Kong to assist ships personnel coming for a week of rest and recreation and Senior Chaplain at five different Naval Stations.  He served his last tour of duty as the Submarine Force Pacific Fleet Chaplain, Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. He retired after 22 years active duty with the rank of CAPTAIN.  Following  active duty he served for 12 years as the Administrative Assistant to the Presiding Pastor of The American Association of Lutheran Churches, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He also served as the Chaplain at Trinity Care Center, San Antonio, Texas and was supervisory chaplain for 18 other nursing homes in Texas with chaplains.  Chaplain Day is presently working as the Care Minister at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Minnesota visiting members of the congregation needing pastoral care in homes, hospitals and nursing homes.  He is also a member of the Consumer Advisory Board of the Minneapolis VA Hospital.

Chaplain Day and his wife Peggy have been married 50 years and have two children, Karis Lynn Gabrielson, Registered Nurse/ Senior Clinical Analyst at United Health Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Dr. John R Day, PHD, Research Scientist III at Gen-Probe, Inc., San Diego, California.