DAVIS, Sara Lynn 1978-2002

DAVIS, SCHROEDER, CAMPBELL

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/30/2009 at 21:00:25

SARA DAVIS

JOHN W. DAVIS

CHARLES CITY, IOWA -- Funeral services for Sara L. Schroeder Davis, 24, of 503 South Iowa , and her unborn infant son, John William Davis, will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 16, 2002 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greene with Rev. Msgr. Walter Brunken officiating. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Greene.

Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to services.

Sara Lynn Schroeder was born Dec. 2, 1978 at Mercy Hospital in Mason City, a daughter of Bruce James and Linda Ann (Campbell) Schroeder. She died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, along with her unborn infant son, John William Davis, from complications of spinal meningitis.

Sara received her education from the Greene Community Schools, graduating in 1997. During high school Sara participated in choir, played trumpet in the band and was on the softball team. She was a member of the Girl Scouts and the Library Teen Board. As a teenager she enjoyed driving around town, baby sitting for the neighbors and bugging her brother.

Sara attended North Iowa Area Community College and Hamilton Business College, both in Mason City.

On July 8, 2000, Sara was united in marriage to Jason Dell Davis at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greene. They made their home in Charles City, where she worked for Comprehensive Systems.

Sara was a devoted and loving mother and wife. Her children were the sunshine of her life and the center of her attention. She enjoyed her work with the residents of the Burling House at Comprehensive Systems and found it very rewarding. Her interests included reading, playing the piano, doing crossword and jigsaw puzzles and spending time with her grandparents.

Living family members include her husband; Jason Davis of Charles City; her children: Keaton Schroeder, age 5, Alex Schroeder, age 3, and Catherine Davis, age 10 and a half months; her mother: Linda Schroeder of Marshalltown; her father: Bruce Schroeder of Greene; her brother: Todd Schroeder of Greene; her grandmothers: Loretta Campbell of Marshalltown and Mary Schroeder of Greene; aunts and uncles: Dan and Carol Schroeder of Greene, Bruce and Jan McIntosh of Corvallis, Ore.; her father and mother-in-law; Steve and Catherine Heyland Beale of Des Moines; and her brothers-in-law Kevin (Shawna) Davis and Chris (Tara) Davis.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers: James D. Schroeder in 1995 and Delbert Campbell in 1999.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Sara L. Schroeder Davis Memorial Fun to be used for the benefit of her children, c/o Lincoln Savings Bank, PO Box G, Greene, Iowa, 50635.