Leora Davis

Leora Davis, of Lakebay, Washington died Sunday, November 29 at home after a courageous five year battle with cancer.

She was born in La Junta, Colorado on October 19, 1937, to Lebert and Juanita (Dickson) Butcher. She graduated from Swink High School in 1955 and went to work as a telephone operator for Mountain Bell. She married her husband of 51 and a half years, Weldon Davis, on March 13, 1958 and soon thereafter moved to Southern California where they lived until she and Weldon retired in 1992. She worked 10 years for Donallco, Inc., an aerospace parts and manufacturing company, in inventory and sales.

In 1992 Leora and Weldon moved to Lakebay, Washington where she lived with Weldon until her passing. She loved living in Washington amongst the beautiful green trees and wildlife, including generations of raccoons they adopted and fed, multitudes of squirrels & birds which fed on the many feeders they had all over their property and the occasional deer and black bear. She loved to garden, paint, write, and read. Her home was always open to her family and friends.

Leora was an angel here on earth. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, daughter, aunt and friend. She is survived by her husband, Weldon W. Davis; her three daughters and their families, Linda and Alan Rosenblum, Brian Blackstone, Elise, Matthew, Kimberly and Pamela, of Canyon Country, CA, Cathy and Kameron Mitchell, Travis and Kelsey, of Sumatra, Indonesia, Loreen and Rick Noe, Amanda and Ricky Noe, Trevor and Trystan Rethwisch of Apple Valley, CA; her great grandson, Riley Spark ; her mother, Elizabeth Butcher of La Junta, CO; her brothers, Darrell (Patsy) of Burley, WA, Stanley(Cheryl) of Cheraw, CO, Doug (Kate) of Tucson, AZ and LeRoy (Sharon) of Fowler, CO; her sister-in-law, Loretta Richardson of Lakebay, WA, and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her mother (Juanita), father (Lebert Sr.) sister (Pamela) and brother (Lebert Jr.)

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation at www.multiplemyeloma.org.

She will be greatly missed and will live in our hearts forevermore.