Obit: Davis, Sarah (1865 - 1953)

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Surnames: Davis, Smith, Mortimer, Lee, Fox, Vine

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 26 Nov 1953

Davis, Sarah (22 JUL 1865 - 19 NOV 1953)

Mrs. Sarah Davis, 88, passed away at her home in Granton early Thursday morning, Nov. 19, 1953. Her death was the result of a complication of ailments.

Funeral services were held at the Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton at 2:00 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. R.J. Trobaugh, pastor of the Methodist Church, Marshfield, officiated. She was laid to rest in the Windfall Cemetery.

Mrs. Davis, nee Sarah Smith, was born on July 22, 1865 in Hinebinbrook, Ontario Province, Canada, and moved to Black River Falls with her parents when she was 6 years of age. Three years later the family moved to Gile Creek, north of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), where her father purchased a farm. A son still operates the same farm.

She is survived by one son, Smith Davis, Glen Ellyn, Ill., four daughters, Ora, at home; Mrs. Ray (Maria) Mortimer, Town of York; Mrs. Dale (Amerinth) Lee, and Mrs. F. (Florence) Fox, Marshfield; one brother, Mark Smith, Greenwood; one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Vine, Janesville; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.