Amber Charles Davidson beloved father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at age eighty-three.
He was born July 15, 1926 in Evanston, Wyoming to Amber C. Davidson and Sylvia Jane Kilburn.
He grew up on a farm in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the oldest of ten children. In 1944, Charles won the award of High School Scientist of the Nation and with this came a scholarship to MIT. He attended MIT briefly before giving up this scholarship to serve a two-year LDS mission to Denmark.
He married Ruth Allen Hendricks in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 8, 1951. Together they had a son and two daughters. Charles had a brilliant mind, and his life's work revolved around the sciences. He loved to tinker and create electronic devices.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Amber and Sylvia, a baby sister, Virginia, a brother, Edwin, two brothers-in-law, George Condos, and Sterling Rees, a granddaughter, Kyla Marie Davidson, and a grandson Seth William Buhr. He is survived by his brother, Nels (Carole) Davidson, and his sisters, Jean Condos/Gaylord (Gary), Maevonne Rees, Sharol (Frank) Thomson, Carol (Jerry) Barnes, Pat (Bill) Riggs, Elaine (Loyd) Burleson, and sister-in-law Vonda Davidson/Berrier (John); his children, Ann (Robert) Buhr, Amber (ArlaFay) Davidson, Aileen (Jim) Newton; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, with a viewing one hour prior.
Interment: Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2009.
He was born July 15, 1926 in Evanston, Wyoming to Amber C. Davidson and Sylvia Jane Kilburn.
He grew up on a farm in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the oldest of ten children. In 1944, Charles won the award of High School Scientist of the Nation and with this came a scholarship to MIT. He attended MIT briefly before giving up this scholarship to serve a two-year LDS mission to Denmark.
He married Ruth Allen Hendricks in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 8, 1951. Together they had a son and two daughters. Charles had a brilliant mind, and his life's work revolved around the sciences. He loved to tinker and create electronic devices.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Amber and Sylvia, a baby sister, Virginia, a brother, Edwin, two brothers-in-law, George Condos, and Sterling Rees, a granddaughter, Kyla Marie Davidson, and a grandson Seth William Buhr. He is survived by his brother, Nels (Carole) Davidson, and his sisters, Jean Condos/Gaylord (Gary), Maevonne Rees, Sharol (Frank) Thomson, Carol (Jerry) Barnes, Pat (Bill) Riggs, Elaine (Loyd) Burleson, and sister-in-law Vonda Davidson/Berrier (John); his children, Ann (Robert) Buhr, Amber (ArlaFay) Davidson, Aileen (Jim) Newton; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, with a viewing one hour prior.
Interment: Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2009.
Amber Charles Davidson beloved father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at age eighty-three.
He was born July 15, 1926 in Evanston, Wyoming to Amber C. Davidson and Sylvia Jane Kilburn.
He grew up on a farm in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the oldest of ten children. In 1944, Charles won the award of High School Scientist of the Nation and with this came a scholarship to MIT. He attended MIT briefly before giving up this scholarship to serve a two-year LDS mission to Denmark.
He married Ruth Allen Hendricks in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 8, 1951. Together they had a son and two daughters. Charles had a brilliant mind, and his life's work revolved around the sciences. He loved to tinker and create electronic devices.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Amber and Sylvia, a baby sister, Virginia, a brother, Edwin, two brothers-in-law, George Condos, and Sterling Rees, a granddaughter, Kyla Marie Davidson, and a grandson Seth William Buhr. He is survived by his brother, Nels (Carole) Davidson, and his sisters, Jean Condos/Gaylord (Gary), Maevonne Rees, Sharol (Frank) Thomson, Carol (Jerry) Barnes, Pat (Bill) Riggs, Elaine (Loyd) Burleson, and sister-in-law Vonda Davidson/Berrier (John); his children, Ann (Robert) Buhr, Amber (ArlaFay) Davidson, Aileen (Jim) Newton; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, with a viewing one hour prior.
Interment: Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2009.
He was born July 15, 1926 in Evanston, Wyoming to Amber C. Davidson and Sylvia Jane Kilburn.
He grew up on a farm in Fort Bridger, Wyoming, the oldest of ten children. In 1944, Charles won the award of High School Scientist of the Nation and with this came a scholarship to MIT. He attended MIT briefly before giving up this scholarship to serve a two-year LDS mission to Denmark.
He married Ruth Allen Hendricks in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 8, 1951. Together they had a son and two daughters. Charles had a brilliant mind, and his life's work revolved around the sciences. He loved to tinker and create electronic devices.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Amber and Sylvia, a baby sister, Virginia, a brother, Edwin, two brothers-in-law, George Condos, and Sterling Rees, a granddaughter, Kyla Marie Davidson, and a grandson Seth William Buhr. He is survived by his brother, Nels (Carole) Davidson, and his sisters, Jean Condos/Gaylord (Gary), Maevonne Rees, Sharol (Frank) Thomson, Carol (Jerry) Barnes, Pat (Bill) Riggs, Elaine (Loyd) Burleson, and sister-in-law Vonda Davidson/Berrier (John); his children, Ann (Robert) Buhr, Amber (ArlaFay) Davidson, Aileen (Jim) Newton; twelve grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Larkin Sunset Lawn Mortuary, 2350 East 1300 South, with a viewing one hour prior.
Interment: Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Published in the Deseret News on November 8, 2009.
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