Virginia Lee Davis Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Ottumwa, Iowa Visitation: 4:00 P.M. with family present between the hours of 6:00 & 8:00 P.M. May 22, 2008 at Fremont Funeral Chapel. Funeral Service: 10:30 A.M. May 23, 2008 at Fremont Funeral Chapel Interment: Mt. Zion Cemetery near Martinsburg, Iowa Virginia was born December 25, 1923 near Hayesville, Iowa the daughter of John & Myrtle Darby Stein. She graduated from Sigourney High School. She was united in marriage to Dale Davis January 31, 1942 in Lancaster, Missouri. She traveled with her husband while he was serving in the U.S. Army, & later moved in with her parents north of Martinsburg until he completed his service. She was employed at the telephone office in Martinsburg, Dean's Grocery & Wilson Grocery, Square Deal Truck-Stop all in Hedrick, Iowa, Iowa Van & Storage as a bookkeeper, Bomart Furniture, Sears, and Ottumwa Country Club as office manager for 35 years. Virginia was a member of the Hedrick Martinsburg United Methodist Church and was a 50 year member of Arendt Bowlin Stubbs Unit 83 American Legion Auxiliary in Hedrick serving in many offices. She enjoyed sewing but most of all spending time with her grandchildren and family. Those left to honor her memory include her daughter Dixie (Gary) Wagamon of Hedrick, Jim (Marsha) Davis of Ottumwa, grandchildren, Stacie (Fred) Latham of Ottumwa, Stephanie (Adam) Cornish of Des Moines, Iowa, Dana (Darrin) Schmitz of Hiawatha, Iowa, Monty (Carla) Wagamon of Hedrick, five great grandchidlren, Daylin & Kylie Latham, Madison Schmitz, and Whitney & Ashley Wagamon, three great-great grandchildren, Tucker & Leah Ehrman and Aliya Wagamon, and a sister-in-law Helen Stein of Hemet, California. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Dale in 1991, a brother Irvin Stein and a sister Esther Reynolds. Mmorials may be made in her name to either the Hedrick Martinsburg United Methodist Church or Arendt Bowlin Stubbs Auxiliary Unit 83 of Hedrick.

Virginia Lee Davis

December 25, 1923 - May 20, 2008

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