Davidson, Bernard

Bernard married Grishaber, Louise 30 Jan 1945. Louise (daughter of Grishaber, Conrad and Forster, Theresa) was born 17 Oct 1924, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 17 Feb 2011, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Obituary: 24 Oct 2012; Appleton Post Crescent

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Obituary:
Linda G. Davidson, age 60, passed away Sunday, October 21, at Province Terrace Villas in Appleton. She was born March 17, 1952, in Appleton, the daughter of the late Bernard and Louise Davidson.
Possessed of a remarkable beauty, preternatural even, Linda also enjoyed a personality that could turn dark times into morning sunshine and a wit that could spark easy laughter or send fools off licking their wounds. Refined, but direct and all-too-honest when she wanted to be, to converse with her was, depending on her judgment of you, to dance on hot coals, requiring an alertness and wariness to keep from getting singed.
Yet she also possessed the most acute sensitivities for others, especially those in some way burdened by life's great weights. She was attuned to the slightest change in mood or tone, the subtlest gesture and choice of words, and was ever ready to join in another's sorrow and pain, consoling and weeping.
It was somehow natural that her taste in outward things should nearly match her spiritual qualities and beautiful countenance. Classic and elegant with dabs of daring defined her wardrobe. She understood colors, design and fashion generally. But in a way all that was unimportant. She has reached that point of beauty which does not admit being enhanced by adornments. Beauty here was transferred from her to that which was supposed to adorn.
Among her other virtues, she was intelligent and often selfless. She had returned from California to care for her father. It is these qualities, these spiritual things, that were her great merit, and it is these remembrances of her that we, her family, celebrate.
Linda is survived by three brothers and two sisters-in-law: Jerald Davidson, Ripon; Daniel (Mary Simmons) Davidson, Milwaukee; and William (Lynn) Davidson, Appleton; one sister, Gail Davidson, Glendale, Wisconsin; and two nieces: Katherine Davidson Allan, Irmo, South Carolina; and Margaret Davidson Allan, Glendale; five aunts, Margaret Welhouse, Appleton; Gertrude Gaffney, Kimberly; Virginia Grishaber, Milwaukee; Elizabeth Wingove, Appleton; and Lucille Davidson, Neenah; and one uncle, Thomas (Corinne) Grishaber, Combined Locks; and many cousins.
She was preceded in death by one brother, Joseph, cousins Kenneth Grishaber and Patricia Grishaber Seidl, her husband Gary and his parents Roger and Faye Lillge.
Mass of Christian burial will be held 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 26 at St. Bernadette Catholic Church, 2331 E. Lourdes Dr. with the Rev. Donald Zuleger officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will take place at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.
Special thanks to Roxy and her staff at Province Terrace Villas for their compassionate care.
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on October 24, 2012