Carol Davis

KALONA ? Carol Sue (Bowles) Davis, 65, of Kalona, formerly of Wayland, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.

A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. The family will greet friends from 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8 at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Durham Cemetery in Durham, Mo. A memorial fund has been established for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Mrs. Davis was born June 17, 1950, in Hannibal, Mo., the daughter of Grant E. and Mary I. (Bergman) Bowles. She married Lynn Davis in 19970 in Quincy, Ill. The couple divorced several years later.

She graduated from Keokuk High School in 1968 and attained her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Culver Stockton College in Canton, Mo. She worked at the John Deere dealership in Keokuk and did accounting jobs on the side, most recently working as an accountant for Newberry Inc. in Keokuk. She owned and operated a vending machine service for several years, and also worked for Seven Seas Laundry and Houston Brothers, family-owned businesses. She was active in a Bible study at her apartment complex in Kalona, and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, playing games, doing crossword puzzles, sewing, crocheting, latchwork, embroidery, painting, and various other craft projects. She had fond memories of many vacations spent with her family.

Surviving are one son, Ryan G. Davis and significant other, Taryn Kristan, of Cedar Rapids; two sisters, Jamie J. Bowles of Lewistown, Mo., and Marcia A. Howren and husband Max of Ozark, Ala.; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her grandparents; one sister-in-law, Mary Davis; one nephew; one niece; and one aunt.