- Services for Florence E. Davis, 91, of 1323 State Line Road, who died at 3:40 a.m. Friday Dec. 23, 1994, in Silverbrook Manor after an illness, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before services in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace Baptist Church, Granger.
Mrs. Davis worked at Bendix Corp. in South Bend for 22 years. She also was a welder for 15 years at Studebaker Corp. and was among the first group of women employees there. She was born March 5, 1903, in Zanesville, Ohio, and lived in Niles since 1925, coming from Pittsburgh. On Nov. 18, 1944, in South Bend, she married Walter Leroy Davis. He died Sept. 19, 1971. Surviving are three stepdaughters, Myrle Gills of Dandrige, Tenn, Ella Butler of Collinswood, Tenn., and Edna Borton of LaPaz; 18 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren and 42 great-great-grandchildren. A son, George Hochgesang, died July 16, 1980, and a stepdaughter, Bertha Wilson, preceded her in death. She was a member of the church.