REXBURG - William Fenemor Davidson, 76, of Wetumpka, Ala., former Rexburg educator and farmer, died Oct. 23, 1993, of kidney failure.
He was born July 27, 1917, at Rexburg, to James F. and Isabelle Butterworth Davidson. He graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow in mining engineering, and specialized in metallurgy. He took night classes at Ricks College and summer school courses in Bozeman, Mont., to become qualified to teach math and German, which he did at Madison High School.
On Aug. 7, 1942, he married Lou Betty Peterson in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. During World War II, he was a metallurgical and chemical engineer for the Tennessee Copper Co. in Copperhill, Tenn. After the war, he farmed and ranched in the Plano area for 30 years and taught at Madison High School. In 1974 he divorced. He retired from teaching in 1975 because of ill health, and lived in several rest homes in Rigby and Idaho Falls. For the past seven years he lived in Alabama, and moved in with his daughter in Wetumpka, Ala., three years ago.
He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a mission in Germany, where he learned to love the German people and their language. He spent another summer there preparing to teach German. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed working with his cattle, which he took to the Teton Basin every summer.
Survivors include his children, Ann Pattillo of Wetumpka, Ala., Peter J. Davidson of Vancouver, Wash., Dwight F. Davidson of Salt Lake City and Plano, and Kirk Davidson of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a sister, Leah Belle Hawkes of Sugar City; and two grandchildren.
(Post Register 1993)
He was born July 27, 1917, at Rexburg, to James F. and Isabelle Butterworth Davidson. He graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow in mining engineering, and specialized in metallurgy. He took night classes at Ricks College and summer school courses in Bozeman, Mont., to become qualified to teach math and German, which he did at Madison High School.
On Aug. 7, 1942, he married Lou Betty Peterson in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. During World War II, he was a metallurgical and chemical engineer for the Tennessee Copper Co. in Copperhill, Tenn. After the war, he farmed and ranched in the Plano area for 30 years and taught at Madison High School. In 1974 he divorced. He retired from teaching in 1975 because of ill health, and lived in several rest homes in Rigby and Idaho Falls. For the past seven years he lived in Alabama, and moved in with his daughter in Wetumpka, Ala., three years ago.
He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a mission in Germany, where he learned to love the German people and their language. He spent another summer there preparing to teach German. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed working with his cattle, which he took to the Teton Basin every summer.
Survivors include his children, Ann Pattillo of Wetumpka, Ala., Peter J. Davidson of Vancouver, Wash., Dwight F. Davidson of Salt Lake City and Plano, and Kirk Davidson of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a sister, Leah Belle Hawkes of Sugar City; and two grandchildren.
(Post Register 1993)
REXBURG - William Fenemor Davidson, 76, of Wetumpka, Ala., former Rexburg educator and farmer, died Oct. 23, 1993, of kidney failure.
He was born July 27, 1917, at Rexburg, to James F. and Isabelle Butterworth Davidson. He graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow in mining engineering, and specialized in metallurgy. He took night classes at Ricks College and summer school courses in Bozeman, Mont., to become qualified to teach math and German, which he did at Madison High School.
On Aug. 7, 1942, he married Lou Betty Peterson in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. During World War II, he was a metallurgical and chemical engineer for the Tennessee Copper Co. in Copperhill, Tenn. After the war, he farmed and ranched in the Plano area for 30 years and taught at Madison High School. In 1974 he divorced. He retired from teaching in 1975 because of ill health, and lived in several rest homes in Rigby and Idaho Falls. For the past seven years he lived in Alabama, and moved in with his daughter in Wetumpka, Ala., three years ago.
He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a mission in Germany, where he learned to love the German people and their language. He spent another summer there preparing to teach German. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed working with his cattle, which he took to the Teton Basin every summer.
Survivors include his children, Ann Pattillo of Wetumpka, Ala., Peter J. Davidson of Vancouver, Wash., Dwight F. Davidson of Salt Lake City and Plano, and Kirk Davidson of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a sister, Leah Belle Hawkes of Sugar City; and two grandchildren.
(Post Register 1993)
He was born July 27, 1917, at Rexburg, to James F. and Isabelle Butterworth Davidson. He graduated from Madison High School and Ricks College. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Idaho in Moscow in mining engineering, and specialized in metallurgy. He took night classes at Ricks College and summer school courses in Bozeman, Mont., to become qualified to teach math and German, which he did at Madison High School.
On Aug. 7, 1942, he married Lou Betty Peterson in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. During World War II, he was a metallurgical and chemical engineer for the Tennessee Copper Co. in Copperhill, Tenn. After the war, he farmed and ranched in the Plano area for 30 years and taught at Madison High School. In 1974 he divorced. He retired from teaching in 1975 because of ill health, and lived in several rest homes in Rigby and Idaho Falls. For the past seven years he lived in Alabama, and moved in with his daughter in Wetumpka, Ala., three years ago.
He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a mission in Germany, where he learned to love the German people and their language. He spent another summer there preparing to teach German. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed working with his cattle, which he took to the Teton Basin every summer.
Survivors include his children, Ann Pattillo of Wetumpka, Ala., Peter J. Davidson of Vancouver, Wash., Dwight F. Davidson of Salt Lake City and Plano, and Kirk Davidson of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a sister, Leah Belle Hawkes of Sugar City; and two grandchildren.
(Post Register 1993)
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