Albert Kenneth Davis

Albert (Pat) Kenneth Davis passed away on Saturday, February 1st 2025. Pat was born on August 7, 1932 in Johnson, VT to parents Madelyn (Hooper) Davis and Ranald Davis. He attended Johnson High School and graduated from Craftsbury High School. Following high school, Pat served as a helicopter mechanic, and sometimes pilot, in the US Army during the Korean War. He then attended Lyndon Teachers College where he met his wife, Virginia (Ginny) Glover Davis. The two married July 31, 1956 and had two children - Theodore Davis and Cathy (Davis) Shea.

Post-college, Pat spent 14 years logging before accepting his first teaching job at Orleans Elementary, where he ended up spending the duration of his first teaching career. After a few years of retirement, he returned to teaching as a technology specialist in the Derby School system. He got a lot of joy and fulfillment working with the younger generations in these roles and from his significant involvement in youth sports.

Pat spent much of his adult life in Brownington, where he became a steadfast fixture in the town, helping neighbors, serving on the local school and church boards, and always offering a warm smile and helping hand. Pat spent many hours maintaining his properties, sugaring, using his tractors and bulldozer. An avid outdoorsman, he appreciated time spent fishing, hunting, shooting and trapping. Most of his hobbies were enjoyed in the outdoors: cross country skiing, snowshoeing, running in road races, and golfing. He spent countless hours with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren for whom he was a consistent avenue of support and unconditional love.

He was predeceased by his parents, Madelyn (Hooper) and Ranald Davis, his sister, Marilyn (Davis) Locke, and his brother, Walter (Shiner) Davis. He is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 70 years, Virginia Davis, his siblings Roger (Pop) Davis and Barbara (Davis) King, his son and his wife: Ted and Suzanne Davis, his daughter and her husband: Cathy and Ned Shea, his grandchildren and their partners: Nicole Davis (Erik Zukauskas), James Shea (Sara Wheelock Shea), Jeffrey Taylor (Iliana Plaza Taylor), Jason Taylor, Christina Biesadecki (Jeff Biesadecki), Alexander Davis (Betsy Davis), Kelsey Shea (Zach Naiman), Danielle Davis (Noah Stewart) and Kieran Shea; his greatgrandchildren Bryson Dodge, Garrett Albert Dodge, Charlotte Biesadecki, Jacob (Jake) Shea, Willow Shea, Evelyn Biesadecki, and Mac Davis Stewart.

At Pat's request, his body has been donated to the University of Vermont Medical School Facility through the Anatomical Gift Program.

A celebration of Pat's life will be held at Brownington Congregational Church on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 10:30 AM. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the charity of your choice in his memory and a game of cribbage be played in his honor.

Pat's legacy will continue to thrive through the countless lives he impacted. He will be deeply missed by those who had the privilege of knowing him.