 As per his wishes, Day's remains were interred, along with the remains of Emily Day, at Union Cemetery in Selinsgrove, on a hill overlooking Susquehanna University.David and Emily's children, Florence, Gilbert, and Lily (none of whom survived adolescence) remain buried in Liberia.Following his death, the Muhlenberg Mission continued operations well into the Twentieth Century, ceasing operation when the Lutheran Church of Liberia was formed in 1966.