Obituaries

Wayne Davis of Fremont has passed away to join the love of his life Barbara Re Davis who preceded him (2004) after 54 years together. He was preceded also by his parents, Margaret and Robert Davis of Niles, both in 1982. His half-brother Lester was mortally wounded prior to the end of World War II after being in combat in the South Pacific for 4 years.

Wayne basically grew up in the Niles district of Fremont where he also met and married Barbara after completing their education. They were joined as one in the Corpus Christi Parish in Niles in 1950 and enjoyed a happily married life until her demise in 2004 after 54 years together. They sadly leave no children.

Wayne and Barbara both attended Washington Union High where they were school sweethearts. While attending WUHS, Wayne was active in school affairs. He was named on the All Valley basketball squad, was a member of the football and track teams, was a member of the football and track teams, secretary treasurer of the Block "W" society, and a staff member of the student council. Both attended San Jose State where Wayne was a business administration graduate, a member of the Eta Mu Pi honorary society.

Wayne was active in community affairs where he was vice president of the Washington Township 20-30 club, and past president of the Fremont Dance Club along with Barbara as co-president. An avid golfer, Wayne was a member of Castlewood Country Club for more than three decades and a past president of the 19th Holers Golf Club.

Upon graduating from San Jose State, he went to work as assistant car distribution manager for the Chevrolet division of General Motors and after two years he was appointed Credit and Distribution supervisor of the Western Division of the Kaiser-Frazer Sales Corp. in San Francisco offices which contracted car distribution in eight western states. Wayne later on left Kaiser-Frazer and entered the financial sector as a financial advisor and stock broker where he remained for thirty-one years until his retirement.

Both Wayne and Barbara retired the same year (she after 41 years) to spend the rest of their lives together.

Wayne was very active in church affairs. 15 years as an usher and then another fifteen years as a Eucharistic minister. He was a parishioner for more than fifty years at Holy Spirit.

Any donations should be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, April 8th, 11am at Fremont Memorial Chapel, 3723 Peralta Blvd., Fremont, CA 94536. Private inurnment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, CA.