Gertrude Davis, 84 formerly of Lead, passed over to the Lord on March 12, 2014.

Gertrude Crowley Davis was born on July 24, 1929 in Deadwood, South Dakota to Edward and Katherine (Merow) Crowley. She had 2 siblings (Arthur and James). She attended the first 8 grades in a one room school, O'Neill, and graduated from Lead High School in 1947. She worked at the Deadwood Hospital during high school and chose a nursing career after that experience. She traveled to Denver, CO and went to nursing school through Denver General Hospital. She received her certificate of nursing from the University of Colorado on June 9, 1951. Her first job was as head nurse, Male Medicine, at Denver General Hospital.

She met William Davis, Jr. through a friend. They were married on October 14, 1951. They had 2 daughters Gwenn and Gail. She was active as a room mother and in PTA during elementary school years. She returned to work at Keebler cookie factory in the late '60s and later was a school nurse with the Denver Public School system. She began working at Mountain Bell (later U.S. West) as an occupational health nurse in 1975. There she received her Nurse Practitioner degree and retired from U.S. West in February, 1990.

She enjoyed baking and traveling with her family. There were many trips in the "camper". She later enjoyed these same activities with her grandchildren (Melisa, Carol, and Neal Guthrie and Meghan Callaghan). In later years Bill and Gertie were active in various car clubs . They took their Studebaker cars to many events, including those in the Black Hills and various Glidden Tours.

Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at Mt. Lawn Cemetery in Lead. Please send contributions to your favorite charity rather than flowers.