Anna Senetta (Solbeck) DAVIS

DAVIS, SOLBECK, STENBERG, ANDERSON, CARLSON, LUND

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/17/2011 at 09:45:54

February 17, 2011
Fort Dodge Messenger - Iowa

September 6, 1915 -- February 15, 2011

HUMBOLDT - Anna S. Davis, 95, of Humboldt, passed away February 15, 2011 at the Humboldt Care Center North. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of the Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt with the Rev. J.K. Raether officiating. Interment will be in Indian Mound Cemetery, Humboldt. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Anna is survived by her children, LaVonne (Emerson) Anderson of Fort Dodge, Larry (Betty) Davis of Eagle Grove, Virgil (Elaine) Davis of Humboldt, Shirley (Tim) Carlson of Humboldt, and Paul (Pam) Davis of Eagle Grove; two granddaughters; 9 grandsons; 9 great-granddaughters; 9 great-grandsons; her brother, Bill Stenberg of Texas; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne; her parents; brother, Jesse Solbeck; and half-brothers, Axel and Carl "Andy" Stenberg.

Anna Senetta Solbeck, the daughter of Danish immigrants Peter and Divert (Lund) Solbeck, was born September 6, 1915 in Humboldt County, Iowa. When Anna was four years of age, her father died and her mother later married Oscar Stenberg. She was raised and educated in Humboldt County and on December 7, 1937, she was united in marriage to Wayne Davis. The couple farmed for many years and raised their five children in Wright and Humboldt Counties. In addition to the families farming, dairy and livestock operations, Anna maintained a large garden on the farm. Wayne died in 1970 and in 1977, she moved to Humboldt. Anna maintained her home in Humboldt until becoming a resident of the Humboldt Care Center North in November of 2010. She passed away there on the morning of February 15, at the age of 95. Anna loved the time she spent playing and cooking for her grandchildren. She enjoyed crocheting which included afghans for all of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.