Florence Elizabeth (Clark) Davis (1908-1982)

CLARK, DAVIS, HANDELAND, MILES, MOCK, BANKS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal July 2, 1982 (page 1)

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FLORENCE DAVIS

Florence Elizabeth Davis, 73, of Nevada, died Friday, July 2, 1982, at Mary Greeley Medical Center, Ames.

She was born Dec. 31, 1908, in St. Joseph, Mo., the daughter of Edward and Cordlia Parker Clark, and attended the Ames schools. On Feb. 24, 1935, she married Ross J. Davis in Ames.

Mrs. Davis lived in Ames and Nevada and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Ross, three sons, Edward of Nevada, Bob of Nevada, and Leonard of Nevada; two daughters, Harriet Handeland of Colorado Springs, Col. and Evelyn Miles, Bevier, Mo.; a brother, James W. Clark of Ames; two sisters, Gladys Mock, Kemmerer, Wyo., and Evelyn Banks, Ames, 19 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four grandchildren and a brother, Edward Clark, in 1980.

Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 6 at the Nevada Cemetery with Pastor Lester Jones officiating.

Friends may call at Ryan Funeral Home, Nevada.