She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Shea Gruenther.
On June 21, 1934 as Verone Gruenther, she married Garrison Davidson at the home of her mother, Mrs. C.M. Gruenther at Omaha, Nebraska
They were the parents of six children.
Verone Gruenther was born in Platte Center, Nebraska on June 14, 1912 and was raised in Omaha. She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Alice Shea. She was the sister of General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, the youngest four-star general in United States history and a former supreme military commander of NATO. Another brother, Homer Gruenther, was a legislative assistant in the White House during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She attended Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska where she was a Nebraska State tennis champion. She met her future husband, Garrison Davidson at West Point, where he had been a football star and later became one of the youngest head football coaches in the country. He was also a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and during World War II was General George Patton's engineer for the North African campaign and the invasion of Sicily and southern France. As the spouse of the commanding General of the United States Military Academy and the Seventh and First Armies in Stuttgart, Germany and Governor's Island, New York, Mrs. Davidson hosted Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon as well as the presidents and prime ministers of numerous other countries. Mrs. Davidson was a member of the Claremont Country Club and the Berkeley Tennis Club. She was also an international delegate to the Vatican. She died Saturday, June 22, 1996 at her Oakland home after a yearlong illness. She was 84. She is survived by her children, three sons of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Sarasota, Florida and three daughters of San Luis Obispo, Martinez and Oakland; a sister, Leona McGrath [1906-1998] of Omaha; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass was held at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 30 Mandalay Road in Oakland. Remembrances were suggested to the Children's Hospital of Oakland.
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, June 27, 1996.
On June 21, 1934 as Verone Gruenther, she married Garrison Davidson at the home of her mother, Mrs. C.M. Gruenther at Omaha, Nebraska
They were the parents of six children.
Verone Gruenther was born in Platte Center, Nebraska on June 14, 1912 and was raised in Omaha. She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Alice Shea. She was the sister of General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, the youngest four-star general in United States history and a former supreme military commander of NATO. Another brother, Homer Gruenther, was a legislative assistant in the White House during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She attended Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska where she was a Nebraska State tennis champion. She met her future husband, Garrison Davidson at West Point, where he had been a football star and later became one of the youngest head football coaches in the country. He was also a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and during World War II was General George Patton's engineer for the North African campaign and the invasion of Sicily and southern France. As the spouse of the commanding General of the United States Military Academy and the Seventh and First Armies in Stuttgart, Germany and Governor's Island, New York, Mrs. Davidson hosted Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon as well as the presidents and prime ministers of numerous other countries. Mrs. Davidson was a member of the Claremont Country Club and the Berkeley Tennis Club. She was also an international delegate to the Vatican. She died Saturday, June 22, 1996 at her Oakland home after a yearlong illness. She was 84. She is survived by her children, three sons of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Sarasota, Florida and three daughters of San Luis Obispo, Martinez and Oakland; a sister, Leona McGrath [1906-1998] of Omaha; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass was held at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 30 Mandalay Road in Oakland. Remembrances were suggested to the Children's Hospital of Oakland.
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, June 27, 1996.
She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Shea Gruenther.
On June 21, 1934 as Verone Gruenther, she married Garrison Davidson at the home of her mother, Mrs. C.M. Gruenther at Omaha, Nebraska
They were the parents of six children.
Verone Gruenther was born in Platte Center, Nebraska on June 14, 1912 and was raised in Omaha. She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Alice Shea. She was the sister of General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, the youngest four-star general in United States history and a former supreme military commander of NATO. Another brother, Homer Gruenther, was a legislative assistant in the White House during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She attended Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska where she was a Nebraska State tennis champion. She met her future husband, Garrison Davidson at West Point, where he had been a football star and later became one of the youngest head football coaches in the country. He was also a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and during World War II was General George Patton's engineer for the North African campaign and the invasion of Sicily and southern France. As the spouse of the commanding General of the United States Military Academy and the Seventh and First Armies in Stuttgart, Germany and Governor's Island, New York, Mrs. Davidson hosted Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon as well as the presidents and prime ministers of numerous other countries. Mrs. Davidson was a member of the Claremont Country Club and the Berkeley Tennis Club. She was also an international delegate to the Vatican. She died Saturday, June 22, 1996 at her Oakland home after a yearlong illness. She was 84. She is survived by her children, three sons of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Sarasota, Florida and three daughters of San Luis Obispo, Martinez and Oakland; a sister, Leona McGrath [1906-1998] of Omaha; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass was held at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 30 Mandalay Road in Oakland. Remembrances were suggested to the Children's Hospital of Oakland.
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, June 27, 1996.
On June 21, 1934 as Verone Gruenther, she married Garrison Davidson at the home of her mother, Mrs. C.M. Gruenther at Omaha, Nebraska
They were the parents of six children.
Verone Gruenther was born in Platte Center, Nebraska on June 14, 1912 and was raised in Omaha. She was the daughter of Christian M. Gruenther and Mary Alice Shea. She was the sister of General Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, the youngest four-star general in United States history and a former supreme military commander of NATO. Another brother, Homer Gruenther, was a legislative assistant in the White House during the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson administrations. She attended Duchesne College in Omaha, Nebraska where she was a Nebraska State tennis champion. She met her future husband, Garrison Davidson at West Point, where he had been a football star and later became one of the youngest head football coaches in the country. He was also a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point and during World War II was General George Patton's engineer for the North African campaign and the invasion of Sicily and southern France. As the spouse of the commanding General of the United States Military Academy and the Seventh and First Armies in Stuttgart, Germany and Governor's Island, New York, Mrs. Davidson hosted Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Nixon as well as the presidents and prime ministers of numerous other countries. Mrs. Davidson was a member of the Claremont Country Club and the Berkeley Tennis Club. She was also an international delegate to the Vatican. She died Saturday, June 22, 1996 at her Oakland home after a yearlong illness. She was 84. She is survived by her children, three sons of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Sarasota, Florida and three daughters of San Luis Obispo, Martinez and Oakland; a sister, Leona McGrath [1906-1998] of Omaha; 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Memorial Mass was held at St. Theresa's Catholic Church, 30 Mandalay Road in Oakland. Remembrances were suggested to the Children's Hospital of Oakland.
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle Thursday, June 27, 1996.
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