"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 4, 1963, p 6.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, for Rev. H. Eugene Davis, 83, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev Elmo Randolph officiating. Services also were held at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred, N. Y. at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (today), April 4, with burial in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Rev. Davis, formerly of Alfred, N. Y., passed away Sunday, March 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, where he had lived for the past nine months.
The son of Harrison and Eliza Boyd Davis, he was born in North Loup, Neb., Aug. 1, 1879. He was graduated from Alfred University in 1904 and from the Alfred School of Theology in 1907. He was married to Mary Ross in 1907. He was a missionary in Shanghai, China, for the seventh Day Baptist Church for 37 years, returning to the United States on the Wartime Mercy Ship 'Gripsholm' in 1943. He was a resident of Alfred, N. Y. and Fayetteville, N. Y., until he came to Milton last year.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Richard R. Davis, New Richmond, Wis., Winthrop E. Davis of Berkley, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, and Mrs. Kenneth Kreiser, Penfield, N. Y.; two brothers, George E. of Brookfield, N. Y. and Orsen E., Denver, Colo., and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, three brothers, one sister and one grandson.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, for Rev. H. Eugene Davis, 83, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev Elmo Randolph officiating. Services also were held at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred, N. Y. at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (today), April 4, with burial in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Rev. Davis, formerly of Alfred, N. Y., passed away Sunday, March 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, where he had lived for the past nine months.
The son of Harrison and Eliza Boyd Davis, he was born in North Loup, Neb., Aug. 1, 1879. He was graduated from Alfred University in 1904 and from the Alfred School of Theology in 1907. He was married to Mary Ross in 1907. He was a missionary in Shanghai, China, for the seventh Day Baptist Church for 37 years, returning to the United States on the Wartime Mercy Ship 'Gripsholm' in 1943. He was a resident of Alfred, N. Y. and Fayetteville, N. Y., until he came to Milton last year.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Richard R. Davis, New Richmond, Wis., Winthrop E. Davis of Berkley, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, and Mrs. Kenneth Kreiser, Penfield, N. Y.; two brothers, George E. of Brookfield, N. Y. and Orsen E., Denver, Colo., and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, three brothers, one sister and one grandson.
"The Milton Courier", Milton, Wisconsin, Thursday, Apr. 4, 1963, p 6.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, for Rev. H. Eugene Davis, 83, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev Elmo Randolph officiating. Services also were held at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred, N. Y. at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (today), April 4, with burial in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Rev. Davis, formerly of Alfred, N. Y., passed away Sunday, March 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, where he had lived for the past nine months.
The son of Harrison and Eliza Boyd Davis, he was born in North Loup, Neb., Aug. 1, 1879. He was graduated from Alfred University in 1904 and from the Alfred School of Theology in 1907. He was married to Mary Ross in 1907. He was a missionary in Shanghai, China, for the seventh Day Baptist Church for 37 years, returning to the United States on the Wartime Mercy Ship 'Gripsholm' in 1943. He was a resident of Alfred, N. Y. and Fayetteville, N. Y., until he came to Milton last year.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Richard R. Davis, New Richmond, Wis., Winthrop E. Davis of Berkley, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, and Mrs. Kenneth Kreiser, Penfield, N. Y.; two brothers, George E. of Brookfield, N. Y. and Orsen E., Denver, Colo., and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, three brothers, one sister and one grandson.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, for Rev. H. Eugene Davis, 83, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, the Rev Elmo Randolph officiating. Services also were held at the Alfred Seventh Day Baptist Church, Alfred, N. Y. at 1:30 p.m. Thursday (today), April 4, with burial in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
Rev. Davis, formerly of Alfred, N. Y., passed away Sunday, March 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, where he had lived for the past nine months.
The son of Harrison and Eliza Boyd Davis, he was born in North Loup, Neb., Aug. 1, 1879. He was graduated from Alfred University in 1904 and from the Alfred School of Theology in 1907. He was married to Mary Ross in 1907. He was a missionary in Shanghai, China, for the seventh Day Baptist Church for 37 years, returning to the United States on the Wartime Mercy Ship 'Gripsholm' in 1943. He was a resident of Alfred, N. Y. and Fayetteville, N. Y., until he came to Milton last year.
Surviving are two sons, Dr. Richard R. Davis, New Richmond, Wis., Winthrop E. Davis of Berkley, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Burton Crandall, Milton, and Mrs. Kenneth Kreiser, Penfield, N. Y.; two brothers, George E. of Brookfield, N. Y. and Orsen E., Denver, Colo., and 10 grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, three brothers, one sister and one grandson.
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