Cedar Rapids Lois Darlene Strother Davis died Jan. 2, 2021, following a courageous 10-year battle with Alzheimer s disease. Born to humble beginnings on July 8, 1931, on a farm outside Martelle, Iowa, Lois was the youngest of four, and the only daughter of Glenn Erwin and Doris Essalee (Armstrong) Strother. Lois attended Martelle School, graduating in 1948, dreaming of a life that would encompass music. This ambition steered her to Coe College to study the Performing Arts. In 1949, Lois married John Hank Harley Davis Jr. They settled into farm life north of Mount Vernon and three children resulted from the marriage: Ann, Louisville, Ky., Jay (Christine), Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Kate Bair, Morrison, Ill. Lois and Hank later divorced.