Delores M. Davis-Loomis, age 87, of Amery, WI passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Delores was born on October 25, 1927 in Superior, Wisconsin to Joseph and Elizabeth (Kieffer) Kimmes. She attended public school in Superior, Wisconsin and the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. Delores married her sweetheart, Joseph Davis in 1947 and together they had five children: Richard, Kenneth, Nancy, Robert and Cari. Delores lost her husband in 1987. In 1988, she married James Loomis. Delores grew up on a family farm and lived on farms with her husband Joe and she was the owner and manager of mobile home parks in Denver, Colorado where they lived in addition to Amery, Wisconsin. She also assisted her husband Joe with their real estate business. Delores loved the outdoors and in her later years she did quite a bit of traveling with her husband Jim. She loved to go fishing and be around the water. One of her visible hobbies was her gardening expertise. She had quite the green thumb. She was also very active in the Catholic Church and was a lay minister.
Delores is survived by her brother Raymond Kimmes, sister-in-law Ruth, a sister, Lavonne Sekulich; her children, Richard (Ann) Davis, Kenneth (Julia) Davis, Nancy (Victor) Jones, Robert (Susan) Davis and Cari Swan. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Elizabeth, her stepmother, Katherine, brothers; Arnold, Wilfred and Joseph; her husband Joseph Davis and husband James Loomis; son in law Tom Swan; and a great-grandson, Brandon Jabbari.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM on Friday, October 23, 2015 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Amery with Father Gene Murphy officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 PM on Thursday at the Williamson-White Funeral Home, 222 Harriman Avenue North, Amery, WI 54001. To view an online guest book and video tribute please visit www.williamsonwhite.com