Mignon E. Davis

Mignon Estabrook (Foerderer) Davis, 91, died on Sunday, (April 28, 2002). She was born in Merion, PA on March 17, 1911, the eldest daughter of Ethel Brown Foerderer and Percival E. Foerderer. She attended Shipley School and graduated from Agnes Irwin. She studied for a year at Babson's in Boston, and traveled for a year in Europe with her cousin, Elsie Foerderer. Most summers were spent in Seal Harbor, ME. She was a member of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Connecticut, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Junior League of Philadelphia and Hartford, and the Acorn Club, Philadelphia. For many years she was an active member of the Board of the Northfield Conference. In 1929, she moved with her family to La Ronda in Bryn Mawr, PA, where she lived until she married John M.K. Davis on May 20, 1939. They lived in Avon, until her husband was ordered to active duty in 1942 with the U.S. Army. After World War II, they lived in Hartford for several years and then moved to Avon for 35 years. In 1984, they became residents of Duncaster in Bloomfield. For over 60 years, she summered with her family in Fenwick, Old Saybrook. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Davis is survived by her daughter, Ethel Foerderer Davis; and her granddaughter, Patricia Kelso Pendergrast. She was predeceased by two sisters, Shirley Murray of Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, NY; and Florence Foerderer of La Porte, PA. Private burial service at Cedar Hill Cemetery. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, Fenwick, Old Saybrook, followed by a reception. The James T. Pratt Company is assisting the Davis family with arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Palliative Care, Hartford Hospital, 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, CT 06102; Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, 85 Gillett Street, Hartford, CT 06105; and St. Mary's-by-the-Sea, P.O. Box 126, Old Saybrook, CT 06475.