Donald Luverne DAVIS

DAVIS, PALMATEER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/6/2008 at 14:00:51

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
November 4, 2008

DUMONT, IOWA - Funeral services for Donald L. Davis, 83, of 214 Bickford St., Dumont, will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Vilmar (rural Greene), with Pastor Mark Walker officiating. Burial will be 1:30 p.m. at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Reid's Funeral Chapel, 519 N. First St. Greene. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services on Wednesday at the church.

Donald Luverne Davis was born on Feb. 23, 1925, in Alexander, Franklin County, Iowa, a son of Lloyd Allen and Hattie (Palmateer) Davis and died Saturday (Nov. 1, 2008) at Allen Hospital in Waterloo. He received his education in the Alexander Rural Schools. Donald worked on the family farm and did odd jobs in the Alexander and Belmond areas. On Jan. 2, 1944, he was inducted into the United States Navy where he was a Seaman 1st. Class, serving on the NTS Fareragut, Idaho, U.S. Sub Base Pearl Harbor, U.S. A/B Navy 128, USS Suemico AQ 49, and the USS ATR 28. Following his honorable discharge on April 23, 1946, he returned to Belmond and worked for the meat locker. He later worked for the Railroad for several years. For seven years he worked for the Franklin County Road Maintenance Crew.

Donald was united in marriage to Bernita Wilhelmina on Nov. 4, 1951, and later divorced. To this union were born three children. Following his marriage, he farmed with his father-in-law and operated a repair shop there on the farm. Donald worked for the National Crystal Sugar Corporation for six years. On Oct. 13, 1973 he was injured in a road trench cave- in which limited his ability to work. Despite his impairment, he operated the repair shop and farmed on a limited basis. He enjoyed playing cards and going to auctions. He was a fisherman who enjoyed catching turtles whether it was in the river, creek, or ponds. He was a smart man and a "jack of all trades."

Donald was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, two brothers: William and Albert; three sisters: Violet, Mary and Clara. Living family members include his daughter, Charlotte Davis, of Allison; two sons: Henry Joe (Julie) Davis of Puyallup, Wash., Luverne Allan (Edna) Davis of Allison.

Those planning an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the Donald L. Davis Memorial Fund P.O. Box 442, Dumont, IA 50625. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Reid's Funeral Chapel.