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Visitation:
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday October 23, at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski.
Service:
10 a.m. Saturday October 24, at Elkhart Christian
Church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Thelma V. Davis, 95, of
Elkhart, passed away peacefully at her home in
Elkhart at 4:20 p.m. Sunday October 18, 2015.
Thelma was born to Claude and
Elva Hall Johnson on December 26, 1919 and raised on
their farm in rural Elkhart. In 1937 she graduated
from Elkhart High School where she met, and in 1938,
married John Delmar Davis sharing life
together for 59 years and seven months. He preceded
her in death on January 25, 1998.
Thelma’s primary goal was to be
a loving wife and mother who diligently cared for
and helped her children to mature and grow.
Since 1952, she was a faithful
member of Elkhart Christian Church, wrote many
poems, was a secretary/bookkeeper for Elkhart High
School, Lincoln Federal Land Bank and for Davis
Truck Service. She was a member of and served a
year as President of the Elkhart American Legion
Auxiliary and Mount Pulaski Woman’s Club.
Thelma is survived by five
children of her seven children; Roger(Mary Lou)
Davis of Dunmore, PA, Sheryl (Stephen) Deckro of
Morrison, Karl (Kay) Davis of Elkhart, Sue Roush of
Industry, and Bradley (Debra) Davis of Manitowoc,
WI; 22 grandchildren; Shannon McBride, Matthew
Davis, Stephanie Deckro, Sarah Lawrence, Jerry
Davis, Scott Davis, Karyl Davis, Staci Floyd, Becky
Bellefeuille, Nathaniel Davis, Geoffrey Davis, Elena
Davis, Timothy Davis, Zachary Davis, Abigail Davis,
Matthew Davis, Shane Davis, Chester W. Davis,
Melinda Soelle, and Angela Pitts; |
She is also survived by 27 great-grandchildren;
Roger Alan McBride, Mitchell Davis, William D.
Lawrence, Michael J. Lawrence, Tori Lawrence, John
A. Lawrence III, Vienna D. Tiria, Vaughn A. Tiria,
Alexia K. Davis, Cecilia R. Davis, Isaac K. Davis,
Quenton J. Markley, Zackary R. Floyd, Audrianna R.
Floyd, Lukas E. Floyd, Allyson N. Raines, Hayley E.
Raines, Caedmon Davis, Aiden Davis, Isidora Davis,
Jonathan Soelle, Jeremy Soelle, Ashley Polk, Chelsea
Pitts, and Ryan Pitts; and four great-great
grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, two sons, J. Daniel and Tony, and three
siblings, Gene and Kenneth Johnson and Norma
Stallings.
Services for Thelma will be at
10 a.m. Saturday October 24, 2015 at Elkhart
Christian Church with Stacy Popejoy officiating.
Burial will immediately follow at Elkhart
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 P.M.
Friday evening at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral
Home in Mount Pulaski. Memorials may be made to
Elkhart Christian Church or the Elkhart American
Legion Auxiliary.
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