Obituary of Florence E. Davis

Florence E. Davis, 93 of 701 Oaknoll Drive, Iowa City died Saturday, December 15, 2007, at the Oaknoll Retirement Residence. A gathering for family and friends to celebrate Florence's life will be held from 4 to 7pm Tuesday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to Iowa City Hospice. Online condolences may be sent for her family through the web @ www.gayandciha.com. Florence was born April 6, 1914, in Tipton, Iowa the daughter of Arthur P. and Arabelle (Armstrong) Hobstetter. Following graduation from Tipton High School in 1932 she attended Stevens College in Columbia, MO for two years. She then returned to this area where she received her BA from the University of Iowa, and later her Master's in Physical Education. She enjoyed a long career in education, her first schools were in Boulder, CO and Oak Park, Il before settling down to Iowa City where she taught for over twenty-five years in the Iowa City Community School District. She married Richard H. Davis in August of 1940 and the couple celebrated over fifty-one years of marriage before his death in 1991. Florence not only enjoyed teaching sports, but enjoyed watching and participating in them, especially the game of golf! Her family includes two sons and their wives, Jim and Barbara Davis, and Robert and Patti Davis all of Iowa City; and Florence's daughter, Jan Smith and her husband, Eric of Boulder, CO. She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter, Nancy Davis; and brother, William Hobstetter.