 Mary Therese Davy, 79, of Brownsville, died Mar. 14, 2008 at Fransiscan-Skemp Health Care Facility in La Crosse.
She was born in Harpers Ferry, Iowa on Aug. 8, 1928 to Charles and
Josephine (Martelle) Traversey. She married Romis J. Davy on Oct. 18,
1948 in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Harpers Ferry, and celebrated 51
years of marriage together.
Mary was employed by The Company Store, formerly Gillette Industries,
for over 40 years until she retired in 2003 at the age of 75. She was a
life long member of St. Patrick’s Church in Brownsville.
Mary is survived by daughters: Michelle (John) Hompertz, Spring Grove;
Jeanne Marie (Jack) Farnham, Brownsville; a son Joseph Davy, La
Crescent; three sisters-in law: Vi Traversy, Harpers Ferry; Alice
Bennet, West Covina, Calif.; and Marie Campbell, Rodessa, La.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Romis on Oct. 19, 1999; three
sisters: Estelle Quillin, Rosella Poloni, Regina DeFendi, and three
brothers: Linus, Melvin and Thomas.
A Mass of Christian burial was held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 18,
at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. Fr. Gregory Leif
officiated with burial at Veteran’s Cemetery. Visitations was held
Monday, Mar. 17 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m.
and one hour prior to the Mass. Both visitations were held at the
Church.
Blaschke & Schneider Funeral Homes assisted the family with
arrangements. Memorials are preferred to be determined by the family at
a later date.
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