DAVIS, Carolyn D. 1943-2005

DAVIS

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 5/25/2005 at 22:16:56

Carolyn Diane Davis, 61, of Kensett, died Friday, May 20, 2005, at the Heritage Care Center in Mason City. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, rural Carpenter, with Reverend Lance Kittleson officiating. Burial will be in the Deer Creek Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Carpenter. Visitation was held on Monday at the Conner Colonial Chapel, and one hour prior to service time on Tuesday at the church.

Carolyn Diane Davis was born on June 23, 1943, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Dorothy (Collins) Larson. She was baptized into the Lutheran faith on March 5, 1944, in Mason City, by the Reverend Alvin Rogness and reaffirmed the faith of her baptism through confirmation on June 22, 1958, in the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, rural Carpenter by Reverend Henry Erickson. She attended and received her education in the Carpenter Community School and earned her G.E.D. in 1989 from N.I.A.C.C. in Mason City. She was united in marriage to Dennis Lee Davis on December 17, 1960, in the Deer Creek Lutheran Church, rural Carpenter. He preceded her in death on February 10, 2004.

Carolyn worked in the Health Care Field for nursing homes and in the In Home Health Care for several years until her retirement due to ill health in 2003. She enjoyed reading, cooking, sewing, and crocheting, but her great love and enjoyment was her family and grandchildren and spending time with them. She was a member of the Deer Creek Lutheran Church and the church circle, rural Carpenter, and a grief-counseling group at Hospice of North Iowa in Mason City.

Left to cherish her memory are her children; Richard Davis and his wife Wendy of Northwood, Brenda Davis-Hinz and her husband Kevin of Mason City, Lisa Davis and her husband Erik Grossbach of Minnesota City, MN, Dyan Braun and her husband Douglas of Northwood, and Barbara Caruso and her husband Andy of Ankeny, Iowa, eight grandchildren; Richie Davis and his wife Sara of Waldorf, MN, Raymond Davis of Mason City, Elizabeth Braun of Northwood, Wolf Davis-Grossbach of Minnesota City, MN, Kathleen Hinz of Mason City, Hunter Davis-Grossbach of Minnesota City, MN, Emma Caruso of Ankeny, Iowa, and Eveleth Davis-Grossbach of Minnesota City, MN, one great-granddaughter, Adalynn Davis of Waldorf, MN, as well as several nephews, and other relatives and many friends.

Besides her husband, a son Daniel Davis, her parents, and a brother, Roger Larson, also preceded Carolyn in death.

Source: Northwood Anchor Online, 5/25/05