CELEBRATE ME AWAY!

DIANA H. DAVIS passed from this world Monday November 16, 2015, in Dripping

Springs, TX, at the age of 91. She died of complications due to old age.

Diana was born to Frank J. Hafner and Katherine B. Kramer on November 19, 1923,

in St. Paul, Minnesota. She was the third of five children.

Diana was preceeded in death by her husband of 62 years, John. She leaves behind

to cherish her memory two sons: Glen Davis and his wife, Suzanne, of Mertzon, TX,

and Rodney Davis of San Antonio, TX; three grandchildren, Kevin Davis and Rebecca

Davis of San Antonio, TX, and Rachel Davis currently attending Syracuse University

in New York, and a large group of cherished nieces and nephews, and many, many

friends.

Diana grew up walking 5 miles through deep Minnesota snow every day to go to

school. In 1942, she started working at Tower Exchange Telephone Co. as a

telephone operator. Then, Diana met John and fell in love. They married on March

26, 1947, and moved to San Antonio, TX.

In addition to being a wife and mother, Diana worked various jobs: She was an office

manager for a laundry, an accountant/bookkeeper for Pan?American Speedway, and

she taught sewing at the YWCA to name a few. After John retired and they moved to

Blanco, Diana was active in her church and community, volunteering her time to

Good Samaritan's, the Area Council on Ageing, her church, and various other good

causes. Diana and John were avid square dancers, loved to travel, and had many

friends across the nation.

Diana has always been there for others as she was for her own and she was always

good for a hug and a kiss on the cheek. There are only a few other people I can

remember that made me feel the love and compassion that she had for others. She

always projected the feeling that she was glad to see you and, together with John,

could make friends, family, and new acquaintances feel so at home and so

welcome? almost like they had known you forever.

It is not what you may gain in life that makes you great, but what in life you may

give. Diana gave to us all the pleasure of her company, her love, her kindness,

herself. This makes her truly great in our eyes. We consider it a wonderful gift to

have been part of her life. She will be missed.

A memorial service for Diana will be held at Blanco United Methodist Church on

Saturday, December 5th at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, Diana wished for

contributions to be made to Blanco United Methodist Church's Scholarship Fund.

Diana led a long and fulfilling life and shortly before passing said she did not wish to

be mourned. It is her wish that we celebrate her away!