Jeanne DuBois Davidson, 85, Sun City, Ariz.
Published 12:00 am Saturday, August 24, 2002
Jeanne DuBois Davidson passed away on Aug. 16, 2002.
She was born March 31, 1917, in Conrad, Mont., to Dr. and Mrs. W. L. DuBois. She attended Carleton College and the University of Minnesota, graduating with a B.A. degree. She was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.
In 1940 she married Dr. G. J. Davidson and moved to La Crosse, Wis. In 1945 she moved to Albert Lea. She was a member of First Lutheran Church, American Association of University Women, YM-YWCA, and the Albert Lea Country Club. Community activities included Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader, Board member and also president of Family Y, secretary and later president of Naeve Hospital Board of Trustees, and director of Norwest Bank. In 1981 she moved to Sun City, Ariz., where she was a member of Union Hills Country Club, secretary of Art Museum League, volunteer at Boswell Hospital, and Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging). Hobbies included golf (two holes-in-one), bridge, and interior decorating.
She is survived by two sons: Gary (Karen) of Minneapolis, and Mark (Mary Anne) of Dallas; two granddaughters: Lisa (Ryan) Tibbits, and Kristin Davidson; one great-grandson; stepsister, Nancy Kellogg of Kalispell, Mont.; three nephews; and an extended family of step grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place.
Memorials are preferred to the American Lutheran Church, or the West Valley Art Museum in Surprise, Ariz.