Gertrude Alice MIEHE 2
- Born: 20 November 1916, Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
- Marriage (1): James Alfred DAVIS on 26 March 1938 in Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, USA 1
- Died: 2 April 2011, Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, USA at age 94
- Buried: 5 April 2011, Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa, USA
Death Notes
Maple Crest Manor Care Center
Burial Notes
Long Grove Cemetery
Recorded Events in Her Life
- Parents: Otto Mitchell Miehe and Bertha Ponsar.
- Her obituary was published in an unknown newspaper about 3 April 2011 in Iowa, USA.
Gertrude Alice Davis, daughter of Otto and Bertha Ponsar Miehe, was born November 20, 1916, near Maynard, Iowa. She graduated from Maynard High School in 1933.
On March 26, 1938, she was united in marriage with James A. Davis at Fayette, Iowa. She and her husband farmed in the Fayette and Maynard areas until they retired from farming and moved to Randalia. Gertrude then worked for a number of years at Upper Iowa University, and helped with the Green Thumb Program in Fayette.
A resident of Maple Crest Manor Care Center in Fayette since September of 2008, her death occurred there on Saturday morning, April 2, 2011. She was 94 years old.
Gertrude is survived by two sons, ----- Davis of Oelwein and ----- (-----) Davis of Fallon, Nevada; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and one sister, ----- (-----) Truog of Oelwein.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James, who died October 30, 1981; her parents; and two sisters, Arlene Simpson and Leona Hummel.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2011, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Chapel in Fayette with Rev. Jason Princer officiating. Friends may call from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Monday, April 4, 2011, at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Fayette and for one hour preceding services at the chapel on Tuesday. Interment will be at Long Grove Cemetery in Maynard.
Becker Milnes Funeral Home
- She was buried at the Long Grove Cemetery in Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa, USA on 5 April 2011.
Gertrude married James Alfred DAVIS, son of James Alfred DAVIS and Stella May OSLER, on 26 March 1938 in Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa, USA.1 (James Alfred DAVIS was born in 1907 in Littleport, Clayton County, Iowa, USA, died on 29 October 1981 and was buried in 1981 in Maynard, Fayette County, Iowa, USA.)
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