Mary Sylvia (Lewellen) Davis (2008)

DAVIS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 1/11/2009 at 09:10:00

Earlham Advocate, Earlham, Iowa
September 2008

Obituary of MARY S. DAVIS

Mary Sylvia Davis, age 95, of Des Moines, Iowa died at her home early Monday, September 1, 2008.

Mary and Marion Davis met at Earlham and Dexter Sporting events and were married in 1932. Their family lived in Earlham and then moved to Los Angeles during WW II. They farmed in northern Missouri for four years before moving back to Earlham. They moved to Des Moines where they lived the past forty five years.

Mary was a homemaker, who later worked in Des Moines Communications Data Services. When she retired she volunteered many hours at Blank Hospital Gift Shop and Planned Parenthood Book Sales. She was a member of Staves Methodist Church in Des Moines and Earlham Friends Church.

Mary is survived by three sons: Howard R. Davis and wife Betty Jean of Ankeny; Richard Davis and wife Evelyn of Altoona; and Don J. Davis of Des Moines. She had one sister-in-law and many nieces and nephews as well as many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.

Mary Davis has been cremated and her cremains will be buried in the Earlham Cemetery next to her husband, Marion Clyde Davis, who died in 2001. No Services are planned. The Kuhn Funeral Home of Earlham is handling the arrangements.

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