Born to parents William Davies (1888-1971) and Esther Cecelia Hamblin Davies (1894-1936). He was the second of six children. Sibling to Maggie Davies (1915-2001), Addie Davies (1918-1982), Delbert Leslie Davies (1920-1997), John R. Davies (1925-2008) and Eileen Davies (1928-2010).
He married his eternal companion in the Salt Lake LDS Temple November 21, 1938. They owned and operated the Davies Chuckwagon Diner in Lakewood, CO for approximately 25 years. It now stands as a monument to them on the National Historical Registry.
Parents to Dennis, Judith, Nancy and Brent (1943-2005).
WILLIAM DAVIES, 83, FOUNDER OF LANDMARK DINER
Rocky Mountain News (CO) | 5 April 2000
William Lyman Davies, founder of the landmark Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, died March 27 at age 83 in Mapleton, Utah, after a lengthy illness. Services were last week in Springfield, Utah.
The stainless-steel diner, which Mr. Davies had shipped by rail from New Jersey, quickly became a Lakewood landmark. The diner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The structure was one of the last produced by Mountain View Diners Inc., according to the Lakewood Historical Society's history of the landmark.
Mr. Davies, former national supervisor of restaurants for Walgreen Drug Stores, was proud of the diner he brought to Lakewood in 1957 and what he saw as a lasting legacy to the era of diners.
''There was a (start-up) debt in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $200,000, and when I asked my dad 'Why did you put that kind of money in it?' he said, 'Because it will last forever,' '' Mr. Davies' son, Brent, said.
Mr. Davies was born in Talmage, Utah, May 5, 1916. He married the former Helen Stallings in 1938.
Survivors include his wife; sons Brent, Lakewood, and Dennis Davies, Fort Collins; daughters Judith Nielsen, Layton, Utah, and Nancy Tullis, Sandy, Utah; brothers LaVar Davies, Spring-ville, Utah, and John ''R'' Davies, Duchesne, Utah; sisters Maggie Aaron, Ogden, Utah, Eileen Bright, Clearfield, Utah, and Geniel Reay, Green River, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He married his eternal companion in the Salt Lake LDS Temple November 21, 1938. They owned and operated the Davies Chuckwagon Diner in Lakewood, CO for approximately 25 years. It now stands as a monument to them on the National Historical Registry.
Parents to Dennis, Judith, Nancy and Brent (1943-2005).
WILLIAM DAVIES, 83, FOUNDER OF LANDMARK DINER
Rocky Mountain News (CO) | 5 April 2000
William Lyman Davies, founder of the landmark Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, died March 27 at age 83 in Mapleton, Utah, after a lengthy illness. Services were last week in Springfield, Utah.
The stainless-steel diner, which Mr. Davies had shipped by rail from New Jersey, quickly became a Lakewood landmark. The diner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The structure was one of the last produced by Mountain View Diners Inc., according to the Lakewood Historical Society's history of the landmark.
Mr. Davies, former national supervisor of restaurants for Walgreen Drug Stores, was proud of the diner he brought to Lakewood in 1957 and what he saw as a lasting legacy to the era of diners.
''There was a (start-up) debt in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $200,000, and when I asked my dad 'Why did you put that kind of money in it?' he said, 'Because it will last forever,' '' Mr. Davies' son, Brent, said.
Mr. Davies was born in Talmage, Utah, May 5, 1916. He married the former Helen Stallings in 1938.
Survivors include his wife; sons Brent, Lakewood, and Dennis Davies, Fort Collins; daughters Judith Nielsen, Layton, Utah, and Nancy Tullis, Sandy, Utah; brothers LaVar Davies, Spring-ville, Utah, and John ''R'' Davies, Duchesne, Utah; sisters Maggie Aaron, Ogden, Utah, Eileen Bright, Clearfield, Utah, and Geniel Reay, Green River, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Born to parents William Davies (1888-1971) and Esther Cecelia Hamblin Davies (1894-1936). He was the second of six children. Sibling to Maggie Davies (1915-2001), Addie Davies (1918-1982), Delbert Leslie Davies (1920-1997), John R. Davies (1925-2008) and Eileen Davies (1928-2010).
He married his eternal companion in the Salt Lake LDS Temple November 21, 1938. They owned and operated the Davies Chuckwagon Diner in Lakewood, CO for approximately 25 years. It now stands as a monument to them on the National Historical Registry.
Parents to Dennis, Judith, Nancy and Brent (1943-2005).
WILLIAM DAVIES, 83, FOUNDER OF LANDMARK DINER
Rocky Mountain News (CO) | 5 April 2000
William Lyman Davies, founder of the landmark Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, died March 27 at age 83 in Mapleton, Utah, after a lengthy illness. Services were last week in Springfield, Utah.
The stainless-steel diner, which Mr. Davies had shipped by rail from New Jersey, quickly became a Lakewood landmark. The diner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The structure was one of the last produced by Mountain View Diners Inc., according to the Lakewood Historical Society's history of the landmark.
Mr. Davies, former national supervisor of restaurants for Walgreen Drug Stores, was proud of the diner he brought to Lakewood in 1957 and what he saw as a lasting legacy to the era of diners.
''There was a (start-up) debt in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $200,000, and when I asked my dad 'Why did you put that kind of money in it?' he said, 'Because it will last forever,' '' Mr. Davies' son, Brent, said.
Mr. Davies was born in Talmage, Utah, May 5, 1916. He married the former Helen Stallings in 1938.
Survivors include his wife; sons Brent, Lakewood, and Dennis Davies, Fort Collins; daughters Judith Nielsen, Layton, Utah, and Nancy Tullis, Sandy, Utah; brothers LaVar Davies, Spring-ville, Utah, and John ''R'' Davies, Duchesne, Utah; sisters Maggie Aaron, Ogden, Utah, Eileen Bright, Clearfield, Utah, and Geniel Reay, Green River, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He married his eternal companion in the Salt Lake LDS Temple November 21, 1938. They owned and operated the Davies Chuckwagon Diner in Lakewood, CO for approximately 25 years. It now stands as a monument to them on the National Historical Registry.
Parents to Dennis, Judith, Nancy and Brent (1943-2005).
WILLIAM DAVIES, 83, FOUNDER OF LANDMARK DINER
Rocky Mountain News (CO) | 5 April 2000
William Lyman Davies, founder of the landmark Davies' Chuck Wagon Diner in Lakewood, died March 27 at age 83 in Mapleton, Utah, after a lengthy illness. Services were last week in Springfield, Utah.
The stainless-steel diner, which Mr. Davies had shipped by rail from New Jersey, quickly became a Lakewood landmark. The diner was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
The structure was one of the last produced by Mountain View Diners Inc., according to the Lakewood Historical Society's history of the landmark.
Mr. Davies, former national supervisor of restaurants for Walgreen Drug Stores, was proud of the diner he brought to Lakewood in 1957 and what he saw as a lasting legacy to the era of diners.
''There was a (start-up) debt in the neighborhood of $150,000 to $200,000, and when I asked my dad 'Why did you put that kind of money in it?' he said, 'Because it will last forever,' '' Mr. Davies' son, Brent, said.
Mr. Davies was born in Talmage, Utah, May 5, 1916. He married the former Helen Stallings in 1938.
Survivors include his wife; sons Brent, Lakewood, and Dennis Davies, Fort Collins; daughters Judith Nielsen, Layton, Utah, and Nancy Tullis, Sandy, Utah; brothers LaVar Davies, Spring-ville, Utah, and John ''R'' Davies, Duchesne, Utah; sisters Maggie Aaron, Ogden, Utah, Eileen Bright, Clearfield, Utah, and Geniel Reay, Green River, Utah; 12 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
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