Harry Lee Blair

Harry Lee Blair

• Harry Lee Blair was born on 18 October 1902 in Oklahoma.
• Harry Lee Blair appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Towanda Township, Butler County, Kansas, enumerated not far from the household of his future wife Vera Marie Walter, living with his mother and stepfather Jennie and John Boyles, and Blair siblings William (age 19), Jennie (12) and Richard (9.)
• He was employed as an oil field tool dresser, according to the 1920 census.
• He married Vera Marie Walter, daughter of William W. Walter and Esther (?), circa 1920.
• Harry Lee Blair died in November 1983 at age 81.
• He was interred at Saint John Cemetery, Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska.
• The following appeared on 29 April 2010 in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle: Maxine Esther Davis, 88, of Cheyenne died April 26 at Davis Hospice Center.
       Mrs. Davis was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Florence, Kan., to Harry Lee Blair and Marie Vera (Walter) Blair. Following the divorce of her parents, Mrs. Davis was adopted by Earl Shepherd, her step father, and was raised in Alliance, Neb.
       She had lived in Cheyenne since 1990, having previously resided in Cheyenne from 1957 until 1972 when she moved to Oklahoma City, and later Irving, Texas, to be closer to family.
       Following her graduation from high school in Alliance in 1939, Mrs. Davis studied nursing at the St. Agnes Academy in Alliance. On Feb. 21, 1942, she married Culver O. Davis, a United States Army Air Corps pilot, whom she met during his basic training at Fort Logan in Denver, thus beginning her lifelong career as an "Air Force wife."
       She was proud to follow her husband to duty stations in California, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Kentucky, South Dakota, Washington D.C., and Japan.
       When her husband retired from the Air Force in 1957, with a war-time 100 percent medical disability, Mrs. Davis assumed the responsibility of being his caregiver, in addition to being his advocate, confidant, and best friend, roles in which she faithfully served until his death in 2009, all while raising their three children.
       In her later years, Mrs. Davis and her husband returned to college attending Laramie County Community College, the University of Wyoming and the University of Central Oklahoma.
       Mrs. Davis is survived by her two sons, Christopher O. Davis and Kelly S. (Monica) Davis, both of Cheyenne; two grandchildren, Courtney (Miranda) Davis of Goodfellow AFB, Texas, and Sarah Davis of Quinlan, Texas; two great-grandchildren, Baylin Davis and Duke Blankenship; and a brother, Richard (Joan) Shepherd of Boerne, Texas.
       She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 67 years, Culver O. Davis; and a daughter, Becky Davis of Tokyo.
       Cremation has taken place at Cheyenne Memorial Gardens under the direction of Wiederspahn-Radomsky Chapel of the Chimes. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date with internment at Lakeview Cemetery.
       In lieu of flowers, friends should make memorial contributions to Davis Hospice Center, 6000 Sycamore Road, Cheyenne.

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2015