Davis, Gertrude Louise (Holmes), 95, Presque Isle; in Wilmington, MA. A graveside service will be held at the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle in the spring. Arrangements under the direction of the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, Reading. Wilmington, MA – Gertrude Louise (Holmes) Davis, 95, formerly of Presque Isle, ME, died March 17, 2008, at the Winchester Hospital in Winchester, MA. She was born March 29, 1913, in Caribou, the daughter of the late Normal Holmes and the late Alice W. (Wright) Holmes. She was a beloved wife of the late Sylvanus S. Davis, loving mother of Joan D. Searfoss and her husband, Richard of Wilmington and the late Gary W. Davis.
For several years owned and operated her own beauty parlor in Presque Isle. Gertrude left Presque Isle in 1995 to live with her daughter Joan in Wilmington, MA.
Gertrude is also survived by two grandsons and two great-granddaughters.
A graveside service will be held at the Fairmount Cemetery in Presque Isle in the spring. Those who wish may make memorial gifts to the Wilmington Community Fund, PO Box 137, Wilmington, MA 01887. Arrangements under the direction of the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, Reading. For registery book visit johndouglassfuneralhome.com.