F. A. DAVIS, ARLINGTON DIED

Francis A. Davis, 64, died at his home in Arlington about 10 o’clock Friday night after an extended illness. He had been in ill health for the past 17 years, and had been seriously ill for several months. He underwent an operation in an Omaha hospital recently.

Davis grew to manhood in that vicinity, and spent most of his life in Dodge and Saunders counties. He moved from the Hall farm near Scribner to Arlington about a year ago.

Davis was married to Mary Morrison August 4, 1896, and four children were born to this union. His wife died November 1, 1908, and Davis married Jennie E. Almquist July 21, 1909.

At one time Davis was president of the Farmers Union at Ames, and he helped to organize the Ames State bank. He operated a meat market in Fremont at one time, and later was proprietor of the Fidelity laundry. He also farmed near Scribner and North Bend.

Surviving are his wife and eight children: Mrs. Leo Curran, North Bend; Mrs. James Wathen, Omaha; Stanley Davis, Des Moines, Iowa; and Earl, Duane, Carrol Ruth and Rodney Davis, all of Arlington.

Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Fred Bader Funeral Home at Fremont at 3:30 Sunday afternoon with Rev. H. C. Van Valkenburg, Congregational minister at Arlington, officiating. Burial was made in the Ridge cemetery.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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