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Leola Davis Obituary
Leola Welker Davis, 95, of Ammon, passed away Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at her home.
She was born July 20, 1917, in Salem, Idaho, to Samuel Sylvester Welker and Sophronia Ricks Welker. She attended school in Sugar City, graduating from the eighth grade.
On Feb. 21, 1937, she married Ira Clark Davis in Rexburg. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on June 5, 1965. They lived throughout Idaho while working various jobs.
Leola was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. She made her children's clothing, cooked for the hired men, kept a garden and grape arbor, and made beautiful paper roses and jewelry out of bread dough clay. She also helped start a library, read to the residents at local nursing homes, taught crafts and wrote poems.
At the age of 64, she and her husband bought the Meppen farm, where they raised gardens, cared for bum calves and raised registered Morgans. Upon retirement, they moved to Idaho Falls.
She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in the Sunday school and youth organizations, sang in the choir and occasionally played the piano.
Survivors are her daughters, Irene (Marvin) Hutchings of Marsing, Idaho, Maurene (Henry) Poteet of Pueblo, Colo., Norma (David) Olson of Idaho Falls, Renee (Roy) Quinton of Ammon, Joyce (Butch) Hall of Marsing and Dionne (Bill) Casey of Merritt Island, Fla.; sons, Steve Davis of Magna, Utah, and Ted (Helen) Davis of Nampa, Idaho; daughter-in-law, Bryl Davis of Yelm, Wash.; 34 grandchildren; 72 great-grandchildren; 22 great-great-grandchildren; and a brother, Elmer Gary Welker of Longmont, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her son, Ira Glen Davis; and nine siblings.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Ammon LDS 14th Ward, 4363 E. 17th St., with Bishop Justin Judy officiating. The family will visit with friends from noon to 12:45 p.m. Saturday at the church. Burial will be in Ammon Cemetery.
Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
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