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Obituary- Davis, Gene 2

Dr. Gene L. Davis

Dr. Gene L. Davis, 59, Rossville, died Saturday, January 25,2003 at a Topeka hospital.

He was born July 15, 1943, in rural Rossville, the son of Marvin D. and Irene M. Lasswell Davis.

He grew up in the Rossville community where he was graduated from Rossville High School in 1961. He was graduated from the College of Emporia, and received his Master’s degree from Emporia State University. He received his Doctorate of Education degree from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. He was currently the coordinator of Highland Community College at the Wamego campus.

He had taught at Cair-Paravel Latin School in Topeka. He was an admistrator at the Dover Elementary and Middle schools. He had taught for USD 501 at Chase Middle School, and had been an administrator of elementary and high schools at Frankfort. He had taught at Marymount College in Salina, and earlier served as an administrator at Rossville High School. He taught at Kansas Wesleyan in Salina and had started his teaching career at Marion Elementary School in Marion.

Dr. Davis was a member of the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church, Maple Hill. He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa and Kappa Delta Phi. He was also a Danforth Associate at Kansas Wesleyan.

On September 1, 1963, he married Trudi Mee at Maple Hill. She survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Warton, Rossville; two brothers, Roy D. Davis, Rossville, and Dean L. Davis, Maple Hill; and a grandson.

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 Tuesday (this evening) at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, 714 Maple, St. Marys 66536. His service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church. Burial will be in the Rossville Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Maple Hill Community Congregational Church Library Fund, or to Highland Community College, Wamego, and sent in care of the funeral home.



There are no words to adequately express our gratitude for the many prayers, cards, flowers, food and memorials during Gene’s long hospitalization and following his death. We feel blessed to have the love and support of so many friends, and family members. Thank you all for your many acts of kindness. This helped to make a difficult time a little easier to bear.

The Gene Davis Family

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