Marjorie W. Davis, 95, Ypsilanti, ND died Friday, April 9, 2021 at Ave Maria Village in Jamestown.
Marjorie W. Orr was born November 8, 1925 at Council Bluffs, IA the daughter of Marion D and Helen (Rigdon) Orr. She attended the local school and grew to womanhood in the area. She completed her GED and was employed as a CNA.
Marjorie and Charles B. Davis were married May 16, 1944 at Moorhead, MN. They made their home in Homer Township (SE of Jamestown) where they purchased a farm in 1947. Marjorie raised 8 children and helped out around the farm. She enjoyed gardening, mowing the yard on her riding lawn mower, sewing, reading and did much babysitting. She was a member of the VFW auxiliary. As a young wife moving to the farm, she was taught a lot of her farm-wife skills by the ladies in the neighborhood. There was always a large garden which meant a lot of canning and freezing. The kids picked choke cherries and plums and she turned them into jellies and syrups. We remember g