Davis, Russell Hershell

Russell H. Davis
April. 1, 1917-Jan. 10, 2006

Russell Hershell Davis, 88, of 19300 Auten Road, South Bend, Ind., died of natural causes at 10:47 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006,  in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, South Bend.

He was born on April 1, 1917, in Niles, Michigan, to the late Frank and Cora Bell (Carter) Davis. On Nov. 4, 1944, in Petersburg, Va., he married Marian Irene Miltenburger, who preceded him in death in 1992.

He was a U.S. Army World War II veteran as a sergeant. He retired from Clark Equipment Company, Buchanan, Mich., and had lived in Niles since 1980.

He is survived by a daughter, Mary Helen (Lynn) Boggs of Statesville, N.C.; a son, Kenneth Davis of South Bend; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today in Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, Mich., with Pastor John Bair of Bethel Tabernacle officiating. Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles, Mich.

Friends called from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, in the funeral home.

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