OBITUARY: Dola Davis

Dola Davis

On Saturday, July 31, 2021, Dola Fern Guernsey Davis, mother of seven and teacher of hundreds, passed peacefully from this life, at the age of 98. At the time of her passing, she lived in Lehi, UT.

Dola was born on August 16, 1922, in Phillips County, CO, to Clarence and Mabel Guernsey.

On May 14, 1945, Dola married Jess Hatch Davis, whom she had met while she was working as an x-ray technician in Denver, CO. The couple spent the early years of their marriage in Logan, UT, Homer, AK, and West Jordan, UT, before moving to Overton, NV, where Dola spent more than two decades as a much beloved kindergarten teacher – while she raised her seven children.

Dola was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and she spent many years teaching and serving Primary children. Additional church work included diligent service as a visiting teacher, compassionate service leader, and temple worker. Dola often said that the years she and her husband spent working in the Las Vegas temple were some of the happiest of their married life.

She is survivied by six children: Vicki (Terry) Johnston, Charles Stephen Davis, Alice (Mac) Haddow, Larry (Donna) Davis, Jess Hatch “Buddy” Davis, and Gayle (Brian) Barnes; 32 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Jess; her son Max Gordon Davis; two grandchildren: Alison Johnston and Jace Edwards Davis; and her six siblings: Daisy Marguerite, Wilma Pearl, Clarence Max, Audrey Maureen, Evelyn Faye, and Robert Dale.

MASKS REQUIRED: Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at the Overton Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 226 West Thomas Street, Overton, NV 89040. The viewing will begin at 10 a.m., and funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will take place at 3 p.m. at Palm Mortuary, 7600 S. Eastern Avenue, Las Vegas, NV.

Friends and family are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.MoapaValleyMortuary.com.