Elmer A. Davenport, 88, of Plymouth, died Wednesday afternoon at Valley Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, where he had been a resident for three years.
He was born April 23, 1898, in Abbotsford, the son of the late Frank and Amelia Drake Davenport.
He attended schools in Louis Corners and Curtis.
On June 21, 1951, he was married to Emma Fick Bub. She died Sept. 9, 1954.
On Sept. 12, 1958, he was married to Olga Wilke Stiller in Plymouth. She died March 29, 1985.
Mr. Davenport was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart in France in World War I. He was a member of Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243.
He had worked for Fred Ehnert Silo Builders of Kiel and for 22 years at the Plymouth Post Office, retiring in 1960.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charlene Andrews of Plymouth; three grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held a 7:30 p.m. Friday at Wittkopp Funeral Home, Plymouth, the Rev. William Rishel, pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Louis Corners.
Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 3 p.m. until time of services.
A memorial fund has been established in Mr. Davenport’s name.
Sheboygan Press, May 15, 1986 P. 4
Contributor: Shari Milks
He was born April 23, 1898, in Abbotsford, the son of the late Frank and Amelia Drake Davenport.
He attended schools in Louis Corners and Curtis.
On June 21, 1951, he was married to Emma Fick Bub. She died Sept. 9, 1954.
On Sept. 12, 1958, he was married to Olga Wilke Stiller in Plymouth. She died March 29, 1985.
Mr. Davenport was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart in France in World War I. He was a member of Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243.
He had worked for Fred Ehnert Silo Builders of Kiel and for 22 years at the Plymouth Post Office, retiring in 1960.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charlene Andrews of Plymouth; three grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held a 7:30 p.m. Friday at Wittkopp Funeral Home, Plymouth, the Rev. William Rishel, pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Louis Corners.
Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 3 p.m. until time of services.
A memorial fund has been established in Mr. Davenport’s name.
Sheboygan Press, May 15, 1986 P. 4
Contributor: Shari Milks
Elmer A. Davenport, 88, of Plymouth, died Wednesday afternoon at Valley Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, where he had been a resident for three years.
He was born April 23, 1898, in Abbotsford, the son of the late Frank and Amelia Drake Davenport.
He attended schools in Louis Corners and Curtis.
On June 21, 1951, he was married to Emma Fick Bub. She died Sept. 9, 1954.
On Sept. 12, 1958, he was married to Olga Wilke Stiller in Plymouth. She died March 29, 1985.
Mr. Davenport was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart in France in World War I. He was a member of Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243.
He had worked for Fred Ehnert Silo Builders of Kiel and for 22 years at the Plymouth Post Office, retiring in 1960.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charlene Andrews of Plymouth; three grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held a 7:30 p.m. Friday at Wittkopp Funeral Home, Plymouth, the Rev. William Rishel, pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Louis Corners.
Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 3 p.m. until time of services.
A memorial fund has been established in Mr. Davenport’s name.
Sheboygan Press, May 15, 1986 P. 4
Contributor: Shari Milks
He was born April 23, 1898, in Abbotsford, the son of the late Frank and Amelia Drake Davenport.
He attended schools in Louis Corners and Curtis.
On June 21, 1951, he was married to Emma Fick Bub. She died Sept. 9, 1954.
On Sept. 12, 1958, he was married to Olga Wilke Stiller in Plymouth. She died March 29, 1985.
Mr. Davenport was a U.S. Army veteran of World War I and World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart in France in World War I. He was a member of Ladewig-Zinkgraf American Legion Post 243.
He had worked for Fred Ehnert Silo Builders of Kiel and for 22 years at the Plymouth Post Office, retiring in 1960.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Charlene Andrews of Plymouth; three grandchildren; and three great-granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held a 7:30 p.m. Friday at Wittkopp Funeral Home, Plymouth, the Rev. William Rishel, pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Louis Corners.
Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 3 p.m. until time of services.
A memorial fund has been established in Mr. Davenport’s name.
Sheboygan Press, May 15, 1986 P. 4
Contributor: Shari Milks
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