Laconia-----Dorothy N. Davis, 99, of 213 Belvidere Street, Lakeport died at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Saturday, January 5, 2013.
Mrs. Davis was born April 11, 1913 in Franklin, N.H., the daughter of William C. and Marie A. (Albrecht) Nelson .
Mrs. Davis was a lifetime communicant of Saint James Episcopal Church, Laconia, N.H., involving herself with the choir, women’s guild, worship committee, church building and fund raising committees and other numerous church activities.
She became a sister of the Eastern Star by joining the Mount Washington Chapter #13 of Laconia and remaining in the Order for fifty-five years and was star point Ruth. She was a current member of the Ellacoya Chapter #43 Order of the Eastern Star in Holderness (Meredith), N.H.
Mrs. Davis worked as an inspector at Barberry Knitting Mills in Lakeport, N.H. where she established many lifelong friendships. She also worked in health services at the Laconia State School, the Belknap County Nursing Home and various other nursing homes and retired from the Taylor Home of Laconia in 1984 as a nurse’s aide at the age of 70.
She was the best wife and mother one could ever have. One that was loved by everyone she touched.
Her family includes her two sons, Ken Davis and his wife, Shelly, of Eaton, Colorado and Rusty Davis of Lakeport; four grandchildren, Josh Davis and his wife, Mae, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Ethan Davis and his wife, Moriah, of Racine, Wisconsin, Benjamin Davis and Michele of Portland, Oregon and Bonnie Davis of Huntington Beach, California; six great grandchildren, Makenna and Andrew of Kentucky, Corban, Theodore, Alistair and Jubal of Wisconsin; a daughter-in-law, Pat Davis, of Bristol, N.H. and nieces and nephews from California, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and North Carolina. She was predeceased by her husband of forty years, Raymond R. Davis; a son, Bill Davis, of Laconia and second husband, Clyde J. Beaulieu, of Lakeport.
The Davis family would especially like to thank the nurses and nurses’ aides of the Belknap County Nursing Home and the Central New Hampshire VNA & Hospice for their special and spiritual care that they gave our Mum, Nana and Great grandmother.
There will be no calling hours.
A Funeral Service will be held at Saint James Episcopal Church, 876 North Main Street, Laconia, N.H. on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:00AM.
A Graveside Service will be held on Saturday May 11, 2013 at 1:30PM in the family lot in Bayside Cemetery, Laconia, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, N.H. 03247.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.