Amy Davis
Amy Louis Davis, 84, of Newton, Kan., died Sept. 11 at Kansas
Christian Home, Newton. A funeral service was Sept. 14 in Newton,
and interment was at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.
Born May 14, 1919, in Winchester, Kan., she was the daughter of
James G. and Joanna (Black) Sheldon. She and Bob Davis were married
May 6, 1950, in Topeka, Kan.
Mrs. Davis was a member of First Baptist Church in Newton, and
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign War Post No.
971.
Mrs. Davis taught in a one-room school for nearly five years
after she graduated from high school in 1936.
She enjoyed playing golf and traveling with her husband. She
also enjoyed working with ceramics.
Mrs. Davis is survived by her husband of Newton; son Michael
Davis and his wife, Monica, of Newton; daughters Nancy Dix and her
husband, Gary, of Newton and Pati Palumbo and her husband, Mike, of
Perry Park; grandsons Derek Davis of Bentley, Kan., Dominic Davis
of Newton, Nicholas Davis of Emporia, Kan., William Davis of
Newton, Zach Davis of Newton and Jeremy Dix of Newton;
granddaughters Jessica Davis of Newton, Jill Davis of Newton, Kara
Davis of Newton, Mary Davis of Newton, Kalie Palombo of Perry Park
and Jennie Pottenger of Kiowa; great-grandsons Hayden Davis of
Bentley, Kan., Devan Dix of Newton and Bransen Pottenger of Kiowa;
step-daughter Judy Taylor of Morrison; and step-grandson Todd
Taylor of Colorado.
She was preceded in death by brothers Arthur Sheldon, Earl
Sheldon, Melvin Sheldon and Vernon Sheldon.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Kansas Christian Home,
c/o Petersen Funeral Home, 215 N. Main, Newton, KS 67114.