Residence: Monticello, Indiana
Died: Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Location: 9:55 a.m. at the Clarian Arnett Hospital, Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 87
Date of Birth: Wednesday, October 11, 1922
Birth place:

Branch: Marines

Service: World War II
Father: Ralph W. Davis
 
Mother: Helen Lucile Crowel
 
Marital Status: Married
Resided in: Resided in the Monticello, Indiana, community for the last sixty (60) years.
Funeral Date: Saturday, April 03, 2010
Funeral Location: 3:30 p.m., at the Hickory Grove Church in rural Carroll County, Indiana. located 9714N. 700 W. Delphi 47923
Clergy: Pastor Ken Smith of the Hickory Grove Church of rural Carroll County, Indiana
Burial will take place:
In the Hickory Grove Cemetery located at 9714 N. 700 W. Delphi, Indiana 47923
Visitation will be:
11:00 a.m. until the time of the services at 3:30 p.m. at the Hickory Grove Church in rural Carroll County, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Ralph was a 1940 graduate of Idaville High School in Idaville, Indiana. He was a member of the Hickory Grove Church in rural Carroll County and the American Legion Post of Monticello Indiana. For three (3) years, Ralph helped install the first transcontinental telephone cable from San Francisco to Wendover, Utah, and then for eighteen (18) months he instructed radio/radar operators in the United States Marine Corp during WWII at Cherry Point, North Carolina as a Tech. Sgt. He was in charge of the Radio/Radar operators with VMB612 Squadron flying from Iwo Jima and Okinawa against Japanese ships along the Japanese coast at night with radar controlled rockets. Ralph also farmed for 25 years, and worked at the Monticello Post Office for 20 years. He had delivered flowers for Monticello Floral for many many years, until last year.
Special Services: Folding & Flag presentation followed by playing of Taps by the Indiana ARNG Honor Guard of Indianapolis, Indiana
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the Hickory Grove Church Building Fund. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Marriage Information: On September 24, 1950 in Lafayette, Indiana, he married DeEtta "Dee" Hazel Rayl. She survives
Survivors include:
Wife,Dee Davis of Monticello, Indiana;Daughters,Lola Scott of Monticello, Indiana,Beth Russell of Monticello, Indiana,Susan (husband Terry) Lunn of Sugar Hill, Georgia,Ruth Neal of Gibson City, Illinois, andFaye Montgomery of Edinburgh, Indiana;Son,Dane (wife Linda) Davis of Elizabeth City, North Carolina;Eighteen (18) Grandchildren; Fourteen (14) Great-Grandchildren;Step-Sister,Helen Day of San Francisco Bay, California.
Preceded in Death:
Parents,Ralph W. and Helen (Crowel) Davis;Step-Sister,Jane Morris.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home