George W. Davies

December 23, 1933 - July 7, 2009

DAVIES George W. George W. Davies died peacefully July 7, 2009, at Hospice of Northwest Ohio. He was predeceased by his parents, George Davies, Marcella Adams and his adoptive father, Herbert Adams. Born in 1933, he was a lifelong Toledoan, growing up in the Asbury Park neighborhood and attending area military schools. He was a 1953 graduate of Devilbiss High School and served in the United States Army as a medic. He was a longtime employee of Dana where he retired in 1989. Since childhood, he visited and loved Matteson Lake and in retirement, spent more time at his cottage there. He met and became friends with Amish builders when they renovated his cottage and occasionally worked with them on construction projects. In 1998 he caught the lake's record setting large mouth bass. He and his wife Dolores, celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in September 2008. He is survived by Dolores; daughters, Denise Hudgin (Barry), Karen Rehkopf (Jeff); son, Dan Davies (Carole) and grandchildren, Bailey and Aidan Rehkopf and Chris and Ashley Wallace. Visitation will be 3 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 9 at Ansberg West, 3000 West Sylvania Ave and Mass of Christain Burial will be Friday, July 10 at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 1748 N. Raab Road, Swanton, Ohio (Raab Rd. south of Bancroft St.) and burial will be at Immaculate Conception Cemetery immediately adjacent to the church. The family would like to express their gratitude for all of the support throughout George's brave battle with prostate cancer over the past four years, especially to the nurses who cared for him. Those wishing to make an expression of sympathy are encouraged to make a contribution to Christ the King Church www.cktoledo.org or a charity of their choice.