Services
service
August 10, 2001
Friday
2:30 PM
Kanawha Christian Reformed Church
Obituary
William Davids, 86, of Kanawha passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2001 at his home.
William was born March 8, 1915 to James and Katie (Bakker) Davids at rural Kanawha. He was educated in country school, Norway #3. He farmed with his parents until his marriage.
He married Irene Boomgarden on September 19, 1938 in Clarion. They farmed near Kanawha until moving to Belmond in 1964, where they lived until returning to Kanawha in 2000.
Survivors include his wife, Irene; two sons: Roger Davids and his wife, Karen of Council Bluffs and Jim Davids and his wife, Anita of Des Moines; three daughters: Ramona and her husband, Eugene Harken of Aplington, Iowa, Suzanne and her husband, Jack Magness of Beatrice, Nebraska and Doris Swenson and her fiance Mark Zirbel of Ventura, Iowa; 14 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; two very special people, Marvin and Beverly Boomgarden; five brothers: Bert, Marienus, John, Bob, and Don Davids and one sister, Della Davids.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Ann Leerar and Bill Tincher, two brothers-in-law Bill Leerar and Bill Tincher, one sister-in-law, Rosalyn Davids, and one great-granddaughter.