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Obituary- Davis, Elmer

Elmer D. Davis

ROSSVILLE -- Elmer D. Davis, 78, Rossville, died Wednesday, July 31, 1991, at a Topeka hospital.

Mr. Davis was a printer-clerk in the Santa Fe Telegraph Office in Topeka from 1936 until 1962. He was elected secretary-treasurer of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers Union in 1962. The name was later changed to Transportation Communication Union, and he was elected general chairman of the union in 1968. He joined the Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks and became assistant to the vice general chairman when the two unions were merged in 1971. He retired in 1975.

He farmed near Rossville until 1941, when he moved to Topeka.

He was born Sept. 13, 1912, at Rossville, the son of Henry Hawkins and Blanch Baird Davis, and graduated in 1929 from Rossville High School. He lived in Topeka from 1941 until he returned to Rossville in 1974.

Mr. Davis was an associate member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville.

He was married to Cora Mae Reser Feb. 8, 1937, in St. Marys. She survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Sally Coffman, Minneapolis, Minn., and Darlene Conway, Indianapolis, Ind.; a son, David H. Davis, Omaha, Neb.; two sisters, Catherine Haynes and Betty Pence, both of Topeka; a brother, Dale Davis, Topeka; nine grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery at Topeka. Mr. Davis will lie in state after 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The casket will remain closed. A wake service will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Rossville.