NameEthlyn Maud DAVIS157
Birth2 Nov 1879, Wisconsin
Death21 Jan 1962, Riverside, Riverside Co., California
BurialMontecito Memorial Park, Loma Linda, San Bernardino Co., California
FatherRev. John Tisdal DAVIS (1846-1934)
MotherLydia Sarah KNIGHT (1840-1891)
Spouses
Birth22 Apr 1870, Dublin, Wayne Co., Indiana
Death8 Dec 1958, Riverside, Riverside Co., California
BurialMontecito Memorial Park, Loma Linda, San Bernardino Co., California
Marriage28 Jan 1930, California
Notes for Ethlyn Maud DAVIS
Census: 1880 Carlton, Tama Co., Iowa: age 7 mo
GRAD: 29 JUN 1904 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: MIlton Academy
GRAD: 20 JUN 1905 Milton, Rock Co., Wisconsin: MIlton College - Music

Ethlyn Maude (Davis) Copeland 1879-1962
Categories: First Generation Milton, Milton College Graduate, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 172, No 9, p 16, Feb. 26, 1962.
Ethlyn Maude Davis, daughter of the Rev. J. T. Davis and Lydia Knight Davis, was born in Milton, Wis., November 2, 1879, and died in Riverside, Calif., January 21, 1962.
After living as a child in Alfred, N. Y., and Garwin, Iowa, her family moved to Milton Junction, Wis. In 1895, she came with her father to California to establish a Seventh Day Baptist colony near Lakeview on the mesa above the San Jacinto River. The settlement was called Colony Heights. The Davis home was the first place of worship. In 1906 a church was organized which later, for economic reasons, was moved to Riverside and became the Riverside Seventh Day Baptist Church.
Ethlyn was graduated from Milton College in voice and piano in 1905 and became the first music teacher in the rural schools of Riverside County in that year. Later she served as social secretary of the Battle Creek Sanitarium for two years before returning to Riverside to care for her aging father until his death in 1934.
In 1931 she was united in marriage with Theodore Elbert Copeland, who preceded her in death in December of 1958.
She served her church well in many capacities and for a number of years was active in county and state Christian Endeavor leadership.
She is survived by her nephew, Roger Davis of Pico-Rivera, Calif., and a step-daughter, Mrs. May Young of Los Angeles, and a number of cousins along with many, many friends.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Francis Saunders of Los Angeles, due to the illness of her pastor in Riverside. Interment was at the Montecito Memorial Park near Riverside. A. L. W.
Notes for Theodore Elbert (Spouse 1)
Theodore Elbert Copeland 1870-1958
Categories: Riverside, California, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 166, No 4, p 15, Jan. 26, 1959.
Theodore Elbert Copeland was born April 22, 1870, in Dublin, Ind., and died in Riverside, Calif., Dec. 8, 1958. His parents were Miles and Catherine Copeland.
Having been employed as an undertaker in the Middle West for a number of years, he moved to Riverside, Calif., in 1906, with his wife, the former Anna Van Pitt whom he had married in 1894.
Throughout the years he was well known as one who stood consistently and courageously for his convictions. As the years passed, the Lord came more and more to have direction of his life.
In 1931, some years after the passing of his first wife, he married Ethlyn Davis, daughter of the Rev. John T. Davis, and later joined the Riverside Seventh Day Baptist Church, in which he was to participate as an active, supporting, and praying member for some twenty years.
Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Alton L. Wheeler, and interment was at the Montecito Cemetery located between Riverside and Loma Linda, Calif.
Besides his wife he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. May A. Young, of Los Angeles, Calif., and a brother, C. P. Copeland, of Atlanta, Ga. A. L. W.
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