John C. Davis Jr

DAVIS ALLAR HAMMERBERG STACHOVSHY HAMMOND, SHEA CHO BRUDER

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 12/9/2011 at 06:58:33

John Charles Davis Jr.

Obit, Cedar Rapids Gazette, September 29, 1995

Date of Death, September 27, 1995

John C. Davis Jr., 74, of 3552 Redbud Road NE, died of cancer, Wednesday, September, 27, 1995, in his home. Services: 8 a.m. Saturday, St. Pius X Catholic Church, the Rev. David Beckman. Burial and graveside services: 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Cemetery, Ottumwa with military rites. Friends may call from 5 to 9 tonight at Cedar Memorial Funeral Home, where a wake service begins at 7:30 p.m. Survivors include his wife, Eloise; three sons, John and wife, Sun Ae of Spokane, Washington; Robert and wife, Kim of Metairie, Louisiana, and David of Naperville, Illinois.; four daughters, Nancy Jaszewski and husband, John of Mason City; Jeanne Stachovsky and husband, John of Marrero, Louisiana; Mary Hammond and husband, Ron of Urbandale, and Theresa Shea and husband, Gregory of New Orleans; a brother, Paul, and wife, Nancy of Sun City West, Arizona, and grandchildren, Andy Jaszewski and fiancée, Julie Meye, Bailey and Bennet Hammerberg, Alex and Katie Stachovsky, and Amanda and Brad Hammond. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Elsie Bruder Davis, and brother, Robert, who was killed in action in the Philippines during World War II. John was born May 22, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri to John and Elsie Bruder Davis. After graduating from Ottumwa High School, he served in the Army Air Force as a radio operator on a B-17 in World War II. He was taken as a German prisoner of war for 14 months after being shot down over France in 1944. Upon returning to the States, he graduated from Omaha Art School and married M. Eloise Allar on June 1, 1946. He was employed by John Morrell and Co. in Ottumwa as a commercial artist. After 1972, he was employed by R. H Silkscreen in Cedar Rapids until his retirement. He was a member of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids and VFW Post 775 in Ottumwa. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Mercy, Cedar Rapids.