Harold Davis, 94, of Basehor, Kansas, died Oct. 8, 2020. He was born Feb. 26, 1926, in Ojito, New Mexico. He was the fourth child and first son in a family of 14 children to Fred and Sarah Alma Davis.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 16, 2020, at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens in Shawnee, Kansas.
Harold attended the little Ojito grade school in New Mexico and then attended boarding school for high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he worked his way through school doing maintenance work until graduation. Following high school, he attended Kansas Wesleyan in McPherson, Kansas, where he graduated with an Associate’s degree. There he met and married Wanda Cutsinger on Sept. 5, 1948. They were married 66 years before her death in 2015. Harold was a long-distance truck driver for Navajo Trucking and Yellow Freight Co. for 40 years. He retired in 1992 and was able to enjoy 28 years of retirement.
In 1960, Harold and Wanda bought land in Red River, New Mexico, where they built a cabin themselves. Harold and Wanda enjoyed this cabin for many years and now it has become a highlight for the whole family.
Harold has been a lifetime member of the Church of the Nazarene.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Thelma Anson; Clara Young; Violet Hyatt, Anna Archuleta; Ruth Gawith and Earlene Handke; and one brother, H.F. “Freeman” Davis.
Harold is survived by his daughter, Gaylene, and her husband Jack Oberndorfer; grandchildren, Kelly and husband Kerry Ensminger; Stacy and husband Jason Langford; Justin and wife Sarah Oberndorfer; nine great-grandchildren, Madison, Megan, Grace, Molly, Jackson, Sophie, Adalynn, Naomi and Joy; two brothers, Oliver Davis and wife Danella; Donald Davis and wife Sharon; sisters, Lois Richards, Irene Ozanich, Gladys Yancey, Bonnie Stute and husband Daryl; sister-in-law, Virginia Davis; brother-in-law, Keith Gawith and many other relatives and friends.
The family suggests donations to Joy Meadows Foster Care Community. Checks may be made payable to Joy Meadows Inc., P.O. Box 182, Basehor, Kansas 66007.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.amosfamily.com. (Arrangements, Amos Family Funeral Home 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas 66203; 913-631-5566)