Thelma Irene Davison

Thelma Irene Davison, 98, a resident of the Forest Grove community passed away at home while with her family on December 16, 2013.

Funeral services will be held at Dayspring Christian Fellowship in Banks at 2:00 p.m. on December 28, 2013.

Graveside services will be held at Pleasant View Memorial Cemetery in Stanfield, OR at 1:00 p.m. on Monday December 30, 2013.

Thelma was born on May 11, 1915 in Golden, Missouri. She was one of eight children born to Lou O. and E. Ethel (Nave) Darity. She attended a one room school in Golden Missouri.

She met her future husband, Eulis Ray Davison, a neighbor boy, and they eloped to Berryville, Arkansas on November 13, 1934. Following their marriage they made their home in Eureka Springs, AR until 1940 when they moved to Tacoma. Eulis was in the Army Corp of Engineers in the war in the Pacific Theater, and Thelma helped the war effort by assembling machinery at the Army Depot. In 1947 they moved to Pendleton, OR, and then they settled in Stanfield, OR in 1951. Eulis died in 1977, but Thelma continued to live in Stanfield until 2002, after which she moved to Forest Grove to be closer to her daughter.

Thelma was a loving and devoted mother to her two children, Daniel and Catherine. Thelma was active in her children's upbringing volunteering at their schools and helping them in various after school activities. She enjoyed crocheting and sewing. She was also an avid gardener and liked to go fishing. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary (Post No.4043) in Stanfield and a member of the Rebecca Lodge.

She is preceded in death by her loving husband, parents, and seven siblings.

Survivors include her two children and their spouses; Daniel and Susan Davison of Aloha, OR, Catherine and Greg Gent of Forest Grove, OR, six grandchildren, Mike, Matt, Nick, Heather, Melinda, Stephanie and twelve great grandchildren.