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Opal Marie <I>Bickford</I> Davis

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Opal Marie Bickford Davis

Birth
Osage City, Osage County, Kansas, USA
Death
11 Mar 1997 (aged 80)
Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
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Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Opal Marie Davis, 80, Holton, died Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at the Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton.
She was born March 10, 1917 in Osage City, the daughter of Roy Franklin and Nelli Cappen Bickford.
She attended grade school in Burlingame and was a graduate of Waverly High School in 1934. She helped her husband farm near Rossville until they moved to Topeka in 1954. She retired from Memorial Union Food Service at Washburn University in 1979 after nearly 20 years of service.
She was a past member of the Rossville Christian Church and was presently a member of the First Christian Church in Holton.
She married Glen H. “Buzz” Davis, Dec 5, 1937 in Lyndon. He died Aug. 12, 1985.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald Lee Davis and Dennis Glen Davis, both of Topeka; four sisters, Arlene Nott, Barbara Minden, and Janice Sue Stewart, all of Topeka, and Betty Mayo, Filer, Idaho; four brothers, Leo Bickford and Kenneth Bickford, both of Holton, Clifford Bickford, Sterling and Leland Bickford, Bella Vista, Ark.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 14 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will be in Holton Cemetery. The family will meet with friends for visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 13 at the funeral home. She will lie in state until service time Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Kansas Cancer Institute in care of the Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 454, Holton, Ks. 66436
The Holton Recorder ~ March 13, 1997

(Bio provided by Judy McAsey Arnold)
Opal Marie Davis, 80, Holton, died Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at the Jackson County Nursing Home in Holton.
She was born March 10, 1917 in Osage City, the daughter of Roy Franklin and Nelli Cappen Bickford.
She attended grade school in Burlingame and was a graduate of Waverly High School in 1934. She helped her husband farm near Rossville until they moved to Topeka in 1954. She retired from Memorial Union Food Service at Washburn University in 1979 after nearly 20 years of service.
She was a past member of the Rossville Christian Church and was presently a member of the First Christian Church in Holton.
She married Glen H. “Buzz” Davis, Dec 5, 1937 in Lyndon. He died Aug. 12, 1985.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald Lee Davis and Dennis Glen Davis, both of Topeka; four sisters, Arlene Nott, Barbara Minden, and Janice Sue Stewart, all of Topeka, and Betty Mayo, Filer, Idaho; four brothers, Leo Bickford and Kenneth Bickford, both of Holton, Clifford Bickford, Sterling and Leland Bickford, Bella Vista, Ark.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 14 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will be in Holton Cemetery. The family will meet with friends for visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 13 at the funeral home. She will lie in state until service time Friday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Kansas Cancer Institute in care of the Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 454, Holton, Ks. 66436
The Holton Recorder ~ March 13, 1997

(Bio provided by Judy McAsey Arnold)

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116260764/opal_marie-davis: accessed ), memorial page for Opal Marie Bickford Davis (10 Mar 1917–11 Mar 1997), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116260764, citing Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by KU (contributor 47104946).