ELAINE DAVIS

(March 17, 1935 – October 12, 2025) Elaine (Eskind) Davis left us on October 12, 2025. This has created a hole that will be hard to fill for all of us whose lives she touched. We celebrated her 90th birthday only a short time ago. At that event, surrounded by friends and family, we got to share many memories and pay the deserved tributes to her. We also appreciate that she enjoyed a very healthy, active and social life until shortly before a brief illness took her from us. Born in New Jersey to parents who traced their heritage to Eastern Europe and Russia. Younger sister, Nola (and husband Norman), remained as close as siblings (and in-laws) could be despite the physical distance. She met the love of her life as an undergrad at Syracuse University. Bernie and Elaine then spent the next 60 years of their lives together. Their three sons, Jeffrey, Brian, and Jonathan and their families remained central in their lives. Elaine developed her own new life after Bernie passed in 2015. Her circle of friends blossomed and she shared her love of word games, movies, theatre, dining, and most of all, bridge, with this amazing collection of individuals. Elaine was always a model of decorum - polite, thoughtful, and discreet. Still, she had a wicked sense of humour and could not be shocked. This was particularly important given the raucous family Sunday night dinners shared with her son, Brian, Lynn and their four boys, Matt (Susan), Dan (Julie), Liam (Jordan), and Aidan (Becca). Great-grand children, Colin and Sierra, became a priority too. Distance did not prevent her from being a central figure in the lives of the California-based sons, Jeff (Allison and children, Zoe and Leo) and Jon (Rachel and children, Evan and Erica). Thank God for the internet and FaceTime. Elaine is an example of a life well lived, where love and friendship were at the core. We are blessed to have had her for as long as we did. We are most grateful to the amazing palliative care unit at Baycrest Hospital who brought compassion and humanity to Elaine's end-of-life care. In lieu of remembrances to family, please consider a donation to Baycrest Foundation. A Celebration of Life for Elaine will be held in the coming weeks.