Yolo County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....DAVIS , Leona Ellen  November 13 2002
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"The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, November 16, 2002
Leona E. Davis

Leona Ellen Davis died on Nov. 13, 2002. Born in Martinsville, Ohio, on Aug. 10,
1926, to Howard and Lura Worrell Hiatt, she was 76 years old.

She attended public school in Port William, Ohio, where she was president of her
junior and senior classes. She attended Wilmington College where she was a
member of Delta Omega Theta sorority. After college, she began working at Wright
Patterson Airbase where she met and married George D. Davis in 1947. She
traveled with George and their four children to his different duty stations
stateside and also went to Spain.

After her husband's retirement from the Air Force in 1966, the family moved to
California and settled in Davis where she lived and worked at UC Davis. She
worked in UCD's equipment management department until her husband was
transferred to the Panama Canal zone, where she lived until 1976. She then
returned to her home and job in Davis. She worked at UCD until her retirement in
1991.

She was an ardent arts lover. She volunteered for UCD Present for many years.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Davis, where she participated
in choir and played piano for the children's choir. She sometimes served as
pianist for the First Southern Baptist Church. She also sang occasionally with
the choirs of First Southern Baptist and St. James Church. She loved to sing.

She was kind of heart and never turned anyone away. She was always there for
anyone in need.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 32 years, George G. Davis. She is
survived by her daughter Georgia Morris and her husband Glen of Rio Linda;
daughter Anita Garcia and her husband Rocky of Winters; sons Glenn and David,
both of Davis; grandchildren Rick Caster, Kristin Sleuter and her husband Ron,
all of Davis; Jayson, Logan and Marlaina Garcia, all of Winters; great-grandson
Bradley Sleuter of Davis; sister Eleanor J. McKee of Xenia, Ohio; niece Kathy
Erickson and her children, all of Orange; nephew Dana McKee and his wife
Kathleen and their three sons of South Carolina.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the
United Methodist Church of Davis on Anderson Road.


Additional Comments:
Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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