- Date Of Birth: April 2, 1921
- Date Of Death: September 30, 2014
- State: Idaho
ELEANOR GRACE DAVIS
April 2, 1921 – September 30, 2014
Eleanor Grace Davis was born in Boise on April 2, 1921, and passed away in Boise on September 30, 2014. She was the daughter of Elmer C. Johnson and Josephine (Vander Wende) Johnson, and the granddaughter of early Boise pioneers, Charles and Anna Johnson.
While attending Boise High School as a young lady, she became smitten with her future husband, Patrick H. Davis. They were married in 1941 and spent fifty-one joyous years – bringing into the world their four children – one nearly every five years.
Mother’s life began in a much smaller Boise – a simpler time when the ice man brought ice for the ice box; her grandfather, Charles, regularly harnessed his horses on his Vermont Avenue farm; and her grandmother, Anna, baked Swedish delicacies on the wood stove. These were the glorious days of the old Natatorium, Boise’s extensive trolley system, our wonderful “China Town,” and dining at the Mechanafe. The Great Depression years were a time of thrift for all, and even though her father, Elmer, was a successful contractor; new school shoes were not in the budget – where a piece of cardboard over a hole in the old ones would suffice on a cold snowy one-mile walk to Garfield School.
During the war years, while Dad was serving in the Pacific theatre, Mom was raising her first son, Chuck, while living with her father and mother.
Even though Mom developed her professional career in her later years, her true love always was her family. Her fountain of never-ending love made our home a very happy place to be. As a child, coming home from school was so wonderful with the smell of dinner baking, fresh chocolate chip cookies in the cookie jar on top of the refrigerator, and, of course, hugs from Mom.
Eleanor is survived by her three sons Chuck Davis (Gretchen Bates); Craig Davis; James Davis (Belinda); her daughter, Darby Kubik (Skip); her brother, Robert Johnson (Darlene); and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews, and nieces. She was preceded in death by her husband, Patrick H. Davis; her sister, Helen Summers; and her granddaughter, Hallie Rose Kersey Davis.
Mom, you were my mentor and best friend, and I will miss you the rest of my life.
I will feel your comfort in the unconditional love you showed me.
I will sense you in the excitement of an antique find.
I will long for you when I approach familiar destinations.
I will cherish my memories of you every day until we meet again.
