Cynthia "Cindy" Ann Day

Cynthia (Cindy) Day passed away peacefully in the early hours of Friday, April 10, 2026 at the age of 64 in Warner Robins, Georgia. Cindy was born in Aurora, Illinois, on March 26, 1962, to Donald C. and Barbara J. Day. In her adulthood, she lived two years in Brighton, Colorado, two years in St. Petersburg, Florida, six years in Goleta, California, and ten years in Bonaire, Georgia.

She was preceded in death by her father Donald C. Day; her grandparents; and all her many aunts and uncles.

She is survived by her daughter, Jade Day; her mother, Barbara Day; her brother, Thomas Day; and her sister, Christine Day. She is also survived by a host of cousins.

In her early thirties, Cindy backpacked and hiked the “Gates of the Arctic” in Bettles, Alaska. Her greatest adventure was traveling to China in 1999 to adopt her daughter, Jade. Jade and Cindy had many more adventures together. They often attended any fair or festival within a 100 mile radius. They went back to China together in 2012, went on a Disney cruise sponsored by the adoption agency, drove cross country a couple of times touring the classic locations like the Grand Canyon and numerous museums.

Cindy worked as a software engineer at AT&T/ Lucent Technologies. She worked on the development of the early version of speed dial. When she moved to the mobile side of the business, she worked on the development of the switching needed for cell phones to pass calls from tower to tower as people moved about. Cindy transitioned out of the phone market when she began working for Raytheon. The job at Raytheon allowed her to transition to a civilian job at the Warner Robins Air Force base. Cindy retired as a civilian from the Air Force in 2024.