AUBURN — Glenna L. Davis, 92, of 525 Lake St., Auburn, passed away Tuesday, April 23, at the d’Youville Pavillion in Lewiston.
She was born on December 14, 1920, and was the widow of Lawrence K. Davis, co-owner of the Commerce Die Company of Auburn. Her husband died in 1971.
Glenna was a lifetime resident of Auburn, graduating from Edward Little High School in 1938, and the Auburn Maine School of Commerce in 1940. She was a dedicated and enthusiastic organizer of the EL “Class of ’38” reunion, the last reunion being in 2006.
Glenna served as the secretary to the treasury of the Lewiston Trust Company, where she was employed for 15 years. She was also secretary at Edward Little High School for 11 years while two of her children were students there. Glenna was Master of the Lake View and Stevens Mills granges, and was also a member of the Danville Grange. She was a lifetime member of the Eastern Star, serving as Worthy Matron. Glenna was a communicant of the Auburn United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school.
While raising her children, Glenna was a den mother for Cub Scout Troop 111 for nine years.
She was well known for her love of ballroom dancing, as well as clogging, tap dancing, and square dancing. She also enjoyed participating in plays and skits. In her own words, “I am a ham. I love to perform.”
Glenna enjoyed many summer days at the family camp on Sebago Lake entertaining family and friends.
After her retirement, she wintered in Florida, where she was president of the Deland Tourist Club for 11 years and served as secretary of the New York Club, New England Club and the Maine Club for many years. She traveled extensively in the winter months, visiting the Caribbean several times. Her travels also included tours of Alaska, Hawaii, South America and many European countries.
Glenna is survived by her daughter, Crystal Davis Card of Billerica, Mass.; her sons, Byron “Buzz” Davis and his wife, Taffy, of Farmington, and Charles “Chuck” Davis and his wife, Katherine “Kit,” of Lewiston; four grandchildren, Wesley Andrew Card and his wife, Maggie, of Jennings, La., Glenn Shaw Card and his wife, Adrienne, of Billerica, Mass., Benjamin Charles Davis, and Abigail Lauren Davis of Farmington; four great-grandchildren, Bristol Marie Card, Braylon Andrew Card, Remington Shaw Card and Gavin Michael Card.
Glenna is predeceased by her son, L. Kenneth Davis Jr. “Kenny”; her second husband, Lawrence K. Davis; her first husband, Wilbur L. Estes; her brother, Byron Urquhart; and her parents, Wesley and Melvina Urquhart.
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