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Obituary- Davis, Stanley

Stanley A. Davis

ST MARYS -- Stanley A. Davis, 80, of Bryan, Texas, formerly of Rossville and Willard, Kan., died Sunday, Dec. 12, 2004.

He was born Sept. 24, 1924, at Rossville, the son of Marion and Josephine Davis.

He was reared in rural Liberty County, Ky., as a young child, and moved to rural Shawnee County, Kan., in 1936, and graduated from Rossville High School in 1943. He served in the Army during World War II from July 1943 until November 1945 in England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany, having landed on Normandy Beach.

He worked for the Union Pacific Railroad, Rossville Massey Harris Implement Co. and Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka. He retired in 1981 after 26 years of service at the VA.

He married Dorothy Kovar on Jan. 31, 1947, in Topeka. He was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church. He was also a charter member and past commander of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31, American Legion, at Rossville, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He lived in the Willard community until Dorothy died on June 17, 1990. He then moved to Rio Grande Valley in Mission, Texas.

He married Viola Kovar Chervenka on Sept. 26, 1992, in Rogers, Texas. He and Viola lived in the Bit-O-Heaven RV Park in Donna, Texas, in the winter months and on the Chervenka family farm in Rogers, Texas, in the summer months.

He was a member of the Ocker Brethren Church in Zabcikville, Texas.
Surviving are his wife, Viola, of Bryan, Texas; two daughters, Carolyn Sage and husband, Tom, Topeka, and Beverly Lake and husband, Andrew, Loveland, Colo.; a stepson, Glen Chervenka and wife, Freda, of Bryan, Texas; two stepdaughters, Delores Haisler and husband, Walter, of Bryan, Texas, and Esther Luksa and husband, Marvin, of Alamo, Texas; two sisters, Helen Thompson, Rossville, and Linda Korcal, Bullhead City, Ariz.; two brothers, Joe Davis, St. Marys, and Francis Davis, Rossville; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; eight step grandchildren, and 11 step great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at Ocker Brethren Church, Zabcikville, Texas. Sheffield Funeral Home is in charge of Texas arrangements.
Graveside services and burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Rossville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 until 10:45 a.m. Thursday at Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville.
Memorials may be made to the Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31, American Legion, and sent in care of the funeral chapel. Piper Funeral Chapel in Rossville is in charge of arrangements.


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