Obit: Davis, Dorothy Adeline (1916 - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Davis, Gorelitz, Strangfeld, Nickel

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 11/09/1972

Davis, Dorothy Adline (12 November 1916 - 5 November 1972)

Funeral services for a Clark County native, Mrs. Dorothy Adline Davis, 56, of Neillsville, were held Wednesday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. Melvin Nickel of the United Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Levis Cemetery.

Mrs. Davis, who had been in failing health for the last three years, died November 5 at University Hospital in Madison, where she had been hospitalized since June.

Dorothy Davis, the daughter of Ferdinand and Hattie Gorelitz, was born November 12, 1916, in Clark County and received her education here. She was employed in Chicago for several years before returning to Neillsville. Her marriage to Clarence L. Davis took place November 5, 1938, in Neillsville. The couple farmed in the county for many years. After her husband’s death in 1960 she moved into Neillsville, where she worked in restaurants for several years.

Survivors include nine children, Clarence L. Davis, Plover; Diane D. Davis, Berlin; Mrs. Edward (Mary) Strangfeld, Neillsville; Robert Davis, Lake Geneva; Mrs. Byrl (Louise) Strangfeld, Neillsville; Kenneth Davis, Lake Geneva; Allen Davis, Elkhorn; and Janice, and Richard at home. Three brothers, Gustave Gorelitz, Otto Gorelitz and Charles Gorelitz all of Kaukauna, 20 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, also survive.