From Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - 20 July 2000:
Lora Christina Anderson Davies, age 97, was reunited with her sweetheart husband of 72 years, Joseph Thomas Davies, on July 17, 2000. She was greeted by him, her parents, 12 brothers and sisters and one grandchild who preceded her in death.
Lora was born on January 10, 1903, in Salem, Idaho, the eleventh of 15 children of Joseph Jeppa Anderson and Emma Ann Williams. She grew up on a southeastern Idaho bee farm, an experience that always meant a lot to her, and attended public school in Salem and Rexburg, Idaho. She was married in the Salt Lake Temple on March 2, 1921, and became the mother of four children, June (William) Sutton, J. Kenneth (Pauline) Davies, Thomas (Pearl) Davies, and Daniel (Caryl) Davies of Orem and Provo, Utah.
She is also survived by 17 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, 11 great-great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Lisla Tyler of Santa Clara, California and Wynona Dewey of Bountiful, Utah.
In 1923, Lora and her husband moved from Idaho to the Los Angeles, California area, where she supported her husband as bishop of the newly-formed Manchester ward. They subsequently moved to El Monte, California in 1935 and remained there until 1977, when they relocated to Orem, Utah.
Lora was lovingly devoted to all of her posterity, always showing an interest in each one of them. She also had many homemaking and artistic skills, thus blessing her posterity with the many gifts of these talents. For many years the extended family of Joseph and Lora Davies would meet together on Christmas Eve. The highlight of the evening was the opening of gifts, many which Lora had made especially for each child (one year she crocheted afghans for all her children and grandchildren). These cherished gifts, examples of her many skills and her individualized attention, will long be remembered.
Lora was an accomplished poetess, organist, and noted for her exceptional memory. Each of her children and grandchildren remember sitting on her lap as she sang lullabies and popular tunes of her day.
Lora had a deep and lasting testimony of the Savior, His restored gospel, and the power of prayer. Among her many Church callings, she served as a Relief Society president, Los Angeles Temple worker, teacher, and chorister.
The family expresses appreciation to the several caregivers who provided devoted, loving service to Lora during the past eight years. It can be honestly said of her that she endured until the end.
Funeral services will be held Sat, July 22, 2000 at 11 a.m. in the Orem Park 4th Ward Chapel, 50 S. 750 W., Orem. A viewing will be held Friday evening, July 21, 2000 from 6-8 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 So. State Street Orem, UT and also one hour prior to the services at the ward chapel. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.