Dale Leland Davis was the son of Ninevah E. Davis and Amie Alice Williams. He married 1)Mary Ruth Beman on 28 August 1935 in Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska 2) June Marie Clanton in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska on 12 December 1943. In 1930 he attended Boone Bible College in Boone, Iowa. During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was a part of the WPA and helped build bridges across the United States. He had been a jockey, racing horses at the Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War II he worked at the Martin Bomber Plant in Sarpy County, Nebraska and helped build B-17's and B-29's, including the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. He taught roller skating at the Crosstown Skating Rink where he met his second wife June Marie Clanton. Later in life he became a Lutheran Minister at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church. He loved his family greatly and often worked two jobs just to be able to support them, but he always had time for them. His favorite sport was fishing, and he was active in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts with his two son's. He enjoyed classical and big band music.
Dale Leland Davis was the son of Ninevah E. Davis and Amie Alice Williams. He married 1)Mary Ruth Beman on 28 August 1935 in Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska 2) June Marie Clanton in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska on 12 December 1943. In 1930 he attended Boone Bible College in Boone, Iowa. During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was a part of the WPA and helped build bridges across the United States. He had been a jockey, racing horses at the Ak-Sar-Ben Race Track in Omaha, Nebraska. During World War II he worked at the Martin Bomber Plant in Sarpy County, Nebraska and helped build B-17's and B-29's, including the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. He taught roller skating at the Crosstown Skating Rink where he met his second wife June Marie Clanton. Later in life he became a Lutheran Minister at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church. He loved his family greatly and often worked two jobs just to be able to support them, but he always had time for them. His favorite sport was fishing, and he was active in the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts with his two son's. He enjoyed classical and big band music.
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