Marcene Ann (Lein) MCCORMICK DAVIS

LEIN, DAVIS, ASBE, MCCORMICK, THOMPSON, ESPE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/16/2008 at 09:02:23

Marcene Ann (Lein) Davis, 90, of Clarion, passed away Friday, August 13, 2004 at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City. Funeral services were held Monday, August 16th at Ewing Dugger Funeral Home in Clarion. Pastor Stanley Peterson officiated the 1:30 p.m. service. Burial was in Norway Township Cemetery, rural Kanawha.

Marcene Ann Lein was born March 9, 1914 in Kanawha, the daughter of Oscar and Helen (Asbe) Lein. She attended schools in Kanawha, Britt Junior College, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1937. She did graduate work at the University of Washington and Wyoming. In 1939 she married Archie McCormick of Britt, who was killed in service during World War II. She later married Ralph K. Davis, then of Port Angeles, Washington. Marcene worked as a teacher for 23 years, having taught in schools in Illinois, California, Washington and Minnesota. She retired in 1972 after teaching 17 years in Austin, Minnesota. During her teaching years, she was affiliated with the American Association of University Women and with Delta Kappa Gamma, educational honorary. During World War II, she worked for the United States Treasury Department, which was moved from Washington, D.C. to Chicago, Illinois for the duration of the war. After her retirement, Marcene returned to Port Angeles, Washington, where she was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chapter HG, P.E.O., Minnesota Retired Teachers Association, and Gold Star Wives of America. In June 2002 she moved to The Meadows in Clarion.

Marcene is survived by one son-Brent Davis and wife, Debra of Deerfield Beach, Florida; four granddaughters; two great-grandchildren; step-brother-Paul Thompson and wife, Elena of Madison, Wisconsin; three nephews-Roger Espe and wife, Nancy of Bonita Springs, Florida; Steven Espe and wife, Gail of Des Moines; Mitchell Espe and wife, Christine of Newbury Park, California; brother-in-law, Lawrence Espe and wife, Alice of Clarion; and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Archie McCormick; two sisters-Lois Espe and Lorraine Lein; and stepmother-Ruth Thompson Lein.

Wright County Monitor, Clarion, IA
August 19, 2004