Mildred Eloise (Comstock) Davis 1887-1988
Categories: North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 210, No 11, p 29, Nov., 1988.
Mildred E. (Comstock) Davis, 101 years of age, of Union City, Michigan, died on Tuesday, August 16, 1988, after a lengthy illness.
She was born in Leonardsville, New York, and came to Michigan from Nebraska in 1940 and has lived in the Union City area since then. While a resident of Carriage Inn Convalescent Center, Mrs. Davis received her high school diploma at the age of 98. She was very active and enjoyed dominos and bingo. She attended the First Baptist Church of Tekonsha, Michigan.
Surviving are daughters, Marian Drake of Garden Grove, California, Carolyn Schirmer of Redding, California, and Kay Metz of Battle Creek, Michigan; sons, Leland E. Davis of Muskegon and Carroll A. Davis of Union City; one brother, Leonard Comstock of LaGrange, Illinois; a sister, Martha O’Malley of Omaha, Nebraska; 21 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Her husband, William H. Davis, died in 1965. Three children and four grandchildren also preceded her in death.
Services were held at Putnam’s Funeral Home in Tekonsha.

William Hurley Davis 1887-1965
Categories: Battle Creek, Michigan, North Loup, Nebraska, The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 178, No 9, p 16, Mar. 1, 1965.
William H., son of A. Judson and Elizabeth (Hurley) Davis, was born June 16, 1887, in Humboldt, Neb., and died Feb. 4, 1965, at his home in Tekonsha, Mich.
Mr. Davis became a member of the North Loup Seventh Day Baptist Church, after moving there as a young man in 1911. On March 2, 1913, he married Mildred E. Comstock. To this union were born six children. One son died in childhood.
A farmer all his life, Will owned farms in North Loup and in several Michigan communities where they moved in 1940.
Although their membership remained in North Loup, the family attended the Battle Creek Seventh Day Baptist Church whenever possible.
He is survived by his wife, three daughters: Mrs. Bud (Marian) Drake of Southgate, Calif.; Mrs. Lester (Carolyn) Schirmer of Redding, Calif.; and Mrs. Lester (Kathleen) Metz of Battle Creek; two sons: Leland E. of Muskegon, Mich., and Carroll E. of Tekonsha; 21 grandchildren; two brothers, Reed. E. of Omaha, Neb., and Leon J. of Battle Creek, and one sister, Mrs. Arden (Dena) Lewis of Battle Creek.
Funeral services were held in Tekonsha, Sunday, Feb. 7, by his pastor, Eugene N. Fatato. Interment was in Riverside Cemetery. E. N. F.

Census: 1900 Franklin, Richardson Co., Nebraska: age 12