Dan Jay Davis, 89, formerly of Salmon, passed away at his home in Sagle on 10 November 2016.
Davis was one of 12 siblings born to Clarence H. and Martha Mary Nolte Davis. There were five boys and seven girls. Three of the girls were triplets. Davis was born on 30 June 1927 in Pocatello where he also attended school until the eighth grade when he had enough of school and headed into the work force.
On 11 October 11, 1949, Davis married Esther I. Capps and five children were born to this union; Doris Davis, Dan (Marie) Davis of Salmon, Ron Davis, Ross Davis of Blackfoot, Connie (Paul) Brocker of Colfax, California, and stepdaughter, April Jennings of Auburn, California. Davis has eight grandchilddren and 17 great-grandchildren. He has 50 nieces and nephews and the list goes on. He and Capps later divorced and Davis married Arlene Jones and they also divorced.
He worked in a wrecking yard with his brother Lee Davis, had a worm farm, worked the smelter for Anaconda Co. in Anaconda, Montana, and back to the wrecking yard. He also worked in Butte Montana, mining, drove for Consolidated Freightways Trucked in Salt Lake City, and helped renovate a hotel for the Expo from 1973 to 1974 with a partner Bob, in Spokane, Washington.
Davis and Bob also renovated and sold many homes. He worked for a business called Alaska Recycle Junk, Hides and Furs in Spokane, Washington. He worked in Alaska for a time and had a wood business re-saw shop in 1964 where he picked up wood from local saw mills and re-purposed it. The rest of his days he worked salvage-scraping from his home in Sagle and in salmon. Work was something he liked and was not afraid of.
Some people are easy to like and Davis was one of those, with a sense of humor, stories and an incredible life style that though frugal, was enhanced by the ability to make things work, create things out of wasted material that most would throw away, as he was talented artistically in many ways. He was always saving and scrapping everywhere, things many people today have never seen.
He was easy to laugh, yet sometimes quick to be very blunt. Davis loved cats as a favorite pet and had many over the years, he also loved all the animals that came on his property with the deer not being afraid of him.
Just in the last few years Davis finally found Jesus as the true way of life and began a journey toward a walk with the God that he thought he knew; always giving God the credit for the life and care of all he did. He was baptized a couple of years ago and really began to change his way of thinking about the ways of the world and could see why and how this world could be as it is today. His political views were strong and he did not hesitate to tell you so or how he thought this country was going.
He was prededed in death by brothers; Stanley Davis and Melvin Davis; sisters, Ruby Hathaway, Doris Downs and Rhea Glassburn. He is survived by his children; siblings, Lee Davis (Helen) of Salmon, Ned (Lucille) Davis of Sandpoint, Lucille Hermsen of Baker City, Oregon, Jewel Foster of Redding, California, Julie Ward of Washington, June Spinola of Trinity Center, California and his beloved cat, Shadow.
Davis was buried in the Mountain View Green Cemetery on 11 November 2016. Memorial services were at noon 18 November 2016 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salmon, with Pastor Bob stauffer conducting. There will also be a service in Sagle-Sandpoint at a later date.
Davis was one of 12 siblings born to Clarence H. and Martha Mary Nolte Davis. There were five boys and seven girls. Three of the girls were triplets. Davis was born on 30 June 1927 in Pocatello where he also attended school until the eighth grade when he had enough of school and headed into the work force.
On 11 October 11, 1949, Davis married Esther I. Capps and five children were born to this union; Doris Davis, Dan (Marie) Davis of Salmon, Ron Davis, Ross Davis of Blackfoot, Connie (Paul) Brocker of Colfax, California, and stepdaughter, April Jennings of Auburn, California. Davis has eight grandchilddren and 17 great-grandchildren. He has 50 nieces and nephews and the list goes on. He and Capps later divorced and Davis married Arlene Jones and they also divorced.
He worked in a wrecking yard with his brother Lee Davis, had a worm farm, worked the smelter for Anaconda Co. in Anaconda, Montana, and back to the wrecking yard. He also worked in Butte Montana, mining, drove for Consolidated Freightways Trucked in Salt Lake City, and helped renovate a hotel for the Expo from 1973 to 1974 with a partner Bob, in Spokane, Washington.
Davis and Bob also renovated and sold many homes. He worked for a business called Alaska Recycle Junk, Hides and Furs in Spokane, Washington. He worked in Alaska for a time and had a wood business re-saw shop in 1964 where he picked up wood from local saw mills and re-purposed it. The rest of his days he worked salvage-scraping from his home in Sagle and in salmon. Work was something he liked and was not afraid of.
Some people are easy to like and Davis was one of those, with a sense of humor, stories and an incredible life style that though frugal, was enhanced by the ability to make things work, create things out of wasted material that most would throw away, as he was talented artistically in many ways. He was always saving and scrapping everywhere, things many people today have never seen.
He was easy to laugh, yet sometimes quick to be very blunt. Davis loved cats as a favorite pet and had many over the years, he also loved all the animals that came on his property with the deer not being afraid of him.
Just in the last few years Davis finally found Jesus as the true way of life and began a journey toward a walk with the God that he thought he knew; always giving God the credit for the life and care of all he did. He was baptized a couple of years ago and really began to change his way of thinking about the ways of the world and could see why and how this world could be as it is today. His political views were strong and he did not hesitate to tell you so or how he thought this country was going.
He was prededed in death by brothers; Stanley Davis and Melvin Davis; sisters, Ruby Hathaway, Doris Downs and Rhea Glassburn. He is survived by his children; siblings, Lee Davis (Helen) of Salmon, Ned (Lucille) Davis of Sandpoint, Lucille Hermsen of Baker City, Oregon, Jewel Foster of Redding, California, Julie Ward of Washington, June Spinola of Trinity Center, California and his beloved cat, Shadow.
Davis was buried in the Mountain View Green Cemetery on 11 November 2016. Memorial services were at noon 18 November 2016 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salmon, with Pastor Bob stauffer conducting. There will also be a service in Sagle-Sandpoint at a later date.
Dan Jay Davis, 89, formerly of Salmon, passed away at his home in Sagle on 10 November 2016.
Davis was one of 12 siblings born to Clarence H. and Martha Mary Nolte Davis. There were five boys and seven girls. Three of the girls were triplets. Davis was born on 30 June 1927 in Pocatello where he also attended school until the eighth grade when he had enough of school and headed into the work force.
On 11 October 11, 1949, Davis married Esther I. Capps and five children were born to this union; Doris Davis, Dan (Marie) Davis of Salmon, Ron Davis, Ross Davis of Blackfoot, Connie (Paul) Brocker of Colfax, California, and stepdaughter, April Jennings of Auburn, California. Davis has eight grandchilddren and 17 great-grandchildren. He has 50 nieces and nephews and the list goes on. He and Capps later divorced and Davis married Arlene Jones and they also divorced.
He worked in a wrecking yard with his brother Lee Davis, had a worm farm, worked the smelter for Anaconda Co. in Anaconda, Montana, and back to the wrecking yard. He also worked in Butte Montana, mining, drove for Consolidated Freightways Trucked in Salt Lake City, and helped renovate a hotel for the Expo from 1973 to 1974 with a partner Bob, in Spokane, Washington.
Davis and Bob also renovated and sold many homes. He worked for a business called Alaska Recycle Junk, Hides and Furs in Spokane, Washington. He worked in Alaska for a time and had a wood business re-saw shop in 1964 where he picked up wood from local saw mills and re-purposed it. The rest of his days he worked salvage-scraping from his home in Sagle and in salmon. Work was something he liked and was not afraid of.
Some people are easy to like and Davis was one of those, with a sense of humor, stories and an incredible life style that though frugal, was enhanced by the ability to make things work, create things out of wasted material that most would throw away, as he was talented artistically in many ways. He was always saving and scrapping everywhere, things many people today have never seen.
He was easy to laugh, yet sometimes quick to be very blunt. Davis loved cats as a favorite pet and had many over the years, he also loved all the animals that came on his property with the deer not being afraid of him.
Just in the last few years Davis finally found Jesus as the true way of life and began a journey toward a walk with the God that he thought he knew; always giving God the credit for the life and care of all he did. He was baptized a couple of years ago and really began to change his way of thinking about the ways of the world and could see why and how this world could be as it is today. His political views were strong and he did not hesitate to tell you so or how he thought this country was going.
He was prededed in death by brothers; Stanley Davis and Melvin Davis; sisters, Ruby Hathaway, Doris Downs and Rhea Glassburn. He is survived by his children; siblings, Lee Davis (Helen) of Salmon, Ned (Lucille) Davis of Sandpoint, Lucille Hermsen of Baker City, Oregon, Jewel Foster of Redding, California, Julie Ward of Washington, June Spinola of Trinity Center, California and his beloved cat, Shadow.
Davis was buried in the Mountain View Green Cemetery on 11 November 2016. Memorial services were at noon 18 November 2016 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salmon, with Pastor Bob stauffer conducting. There will also be a service in Sagle-Sandpoint at a later date.
Davis was one of 12 siblings born to Clarence H. and Martha Mary Nolte Davis. There were five boys and seven girls. Three of the girls were triplets. Davis was born on 30 June 1927 in Pocatello where he also attended school until the eighth grade when he had enough of school and headed into the work force.
On 11 October 11, 1949, Davis married Esther I. Capps and five children were born to this union; Doris Davis, Dan (Marie) Davis of Salmon, Ron Davis, Ross Davis of Blackfoot, Connie (Paul) Brocker of Colfax, California, and stepdaughter, April Jennings of Auburn, California. Davis has eight grandchilddren and 17 great-grandchildren. He has 50 nieces and nephews and the list goes on. He and Capps later divorced and Davis married Arlene Jones and they also divorced.
He worked in a wrecking yard with his brother Lee Davis, had a worm farm, worked the smelter for Anaconda Co. in Anaconda, Montana, and back to the wrecking yard. He also worked in Butte Montana, mining, drove for Consolidated Freightways Trucked in Salt Lake City, and helped renovate a hotel for the Expo from 1973 to 1974 with a partner Bob, in Spokane, Washington.
Davis and Bob also renovated and sold many homes. He worked for a business called Alaska Recycle Junk, Hides and Furs in Spokane, Washington. He worked in Alaska for a time and had a wood business re-saw shop in 1964 where he picked up wood from local saw mills and re-purposed it. The rest of his days he worked salvage-scraping from his home in Sagle and in salmon. Work was something he liked and was not afraid of.
Some people are easy to like and Davis was one of those, with a sense of humor, stories and an incredible life style that though frugal, was enhanced by the ability to make things work, create things out of wasted material that most would throw away, as he was talented artistically in many ways. He was always saving and scrapping everywhere, things many people today have never seen.
He was easy to laugh, yet sometimes quick to be very blunt. Davis loved cats as a favorite pet and had many over the years, he also loved all the animals that came on his property with the deer not being afraid of him.
Just in the last few years Davis finally found Jesus as the true way of life and began a journey toward a walk with the God that he thought he knew; always giving God the credit for the life and care of all he did. He was baptized a couple of years ago and really began to change his way of thinking about the ways of the world and could see why and how this world could be as it is today. His political views were strong and he did not hesitate to tell you so or how he thought this country was going.
He was prededed in death by brothers; Stanley Davis and Melvin Davis; sisters, Ruby Hathaway, Doris Downs and Rhea Glassburn. He is survived by his children; siblings, Lee Davis (Helen) of Salmon, Ned (Lucille) Davis of Sandpoint, Lucille Hermsen of Baker City, Oregon, Jewel Foster of Redding, California, Julie Ward of Washington, June Spinola of Trinity Center, California and his beloved cat, Shadow.
Davis was buried in the Mountain View Green Cemetery on 11 November 2016. Memorial services were at noon 18 November 2016 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Salmon, with Pastor Bob stauffer conducting. There will also be a service in Sagle-Sandpoint at a later date.
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