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Obituary- Davis, John D.

JOHN DAVIS KILLED WHEN
HIS CAR AND BUS CRASH
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John David Davis, 81, of Silver Lake, was killed late Friday afternoon, June 16, 1944, when the car he was driving and a Santa Fe bus collided. The car was demolished and Davis was thrown onto the side of the highway.

Mr. Davis lived on a farm two miles north of Silver Lake and had been a resident of the community for many years.

He was born September 22, 1862, at Linwood, Kansas, where he lived until he was fourteen years old. He later resided for a time in Oklahoma, Texas, and in the West. He had been farming in the Silver Lake community for twenty-nine years. He was a member of the Baptist Church.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Teresa Davis, of the home, one stepdaughter, Mrs. Floyd Landis, Topeka; one son, Pearly Davis, Emporia; and five grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at 3:00 o’clock Monday afternoon in Peebler’s Chapel in North Topeka. Burial was in Silver Lake cemetery.

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