November 8, 1933 – December 7, 2021
Richard Charles Davis, 88, Noblesville, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Harbour Manor Care Center in Noblesville. He was born on November 8, 1933, to Archie and Marian (May) Davis in Lansing, Mich.
Dick proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. In 2016 he was privileged to be selected for the Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. He worked as a sales engineer and manufacturing rep for 50 years and founded Davis/Haslam Inc. Dick was a member of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and past president of the South Harbour Property Owners Association. He was on the Board of Directors for St. Vincent de Paul, Harbour Trees Golf Club and the Boys & Girls Club where he was honored with their prestigious Founders Award in 2015. Dick served the City of Noblesville on the Planning, Zoning & Appeals Commissions before becoming a City Councilman from 1976 to 1980. He was a lifetime member of the Noblesville Elks Club and the Fifty Club of Hamilton County.
Dick enjoyed fishing and took several trips to Canada that will be remembered fondly by family and friends. He loved to go pheasant hunting in South Dakota and turkey and deer hunting in Missouri. Over the last 25 years, he spent a lot of his free time at the family property in Greene County sharing his love of hunting and fishing with his sons and grandsons.
Dick is survived by his daughters, Cindi (Jeff) Hood and Patti Davis (JR Garl); sons, Mike (Bobbi) Davis and Andy (Kathy) Davis; his granddaughters, Whitney and Karli; grandsons, Drew (Whitney) Hood, Jake, Brandt, Austin, and Hank; his great-grandchildren, Jeffrey and Sidney Hood; along with several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, M. Leah Davis; daughter, Krissi Davis; and his sisters, Joan Holliday, Sharon Martone, and Sandra Langstaff.
Services will be held on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Noblesville with Fr. Michael Block presiding. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. with a Funeral Mass immediately following at 2 p.m. Rite of Christian Burial will follow at Crownland Cemetery in Noblesville.
In lieu of flowers the family is requesting donations be made to the Krissi Davis Memorial Scholarship Fund, Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville, or St. Vincent de Paul Society of Noblesville.
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