Marilyn Davis

Oct. 15, 1926 - May 19, 2022

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Marilyn Love Davis passed away on May 19, 2022 at the age of 95, quietly and with family members at her side. Marilyn was born on October 15, 1926 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended the University of Colorado and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a math major. In her freshman year, she met A. John Davis III (Johnny) whom she married the day after graduation. They raised two sons together in Littleton, Colorado. Marilyn was pragmatic, direct, and often said that “every young woman needs a good education and her own set of tools!” She was the first homemaker in her suburban neighborhood to go back to work, earning a Masters of Education and teaching elementary school for twenty years. After retiring together in 1984, Marilyn and Johnny purchased a historic house on Puget Sound in Home, Washington which they restored together over several years. Marilyn was the epitome of what Johnny called “a good sport”, his highest praise for a woman. She rode horses, fished, hunted, and backpacked. Johnny conceded that Marilyn could out fish him and was the better shot when hunting. Every year until their late seventies, Marilyn and Johnny drove to Colorado to a remote one-room log cabin—without electricity

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