Hubert "Tomp" DAVENPORT

DAVENPORT, PETERSON, SANDERSON, BOWMAN, MERKH, MORROW

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/21/2010 at 00:07:37

OBITUARY - HUBERT "TOMP" DAVENPORT

July 9, 1917 - October 13, 2010

Hubert "Tomp" DAVENPORT, 93, of Clearfield, passed away October 13, 2010 at Clearview Home in Clearfield. Funeral services will be 1:00 pm Saturday, October 16 at the Christian Church in Clearfield with Rev. Alan RUSK & Rev. Lyndon DAVENPORT officiating. There will be a Masonic service conducted by Ed EDGERTON. Burial is in Oakland Cemetery in Shannon City. All viewing will be at the Christian Church in Clearfield with open viewing on Friday from 3:00-8:00 pm with the family present Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 pm. A memorial fund has been established in his name to be decided later. Online condolences may be left at www.watsonarmstrongfh.com.

Hubert, son of Hughie DAVENPORT & Florence (PETERSON) DAVENPORT, was born July 9, 1917 in Ringgold County, Iowa. Hubert graduated from Diagonal High School in 1936. He married Yreva Ann SANDERSON on July 19, 1941 in Grant City, MO. They farmed in Ringgold and Taylor County with the last 56 years on a farm south of Clearfield. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Sharpsburg; Noble Lodge #458 AF & AM; and Cornelius Lodge Order of Eastern Star.

Survivors include his sons Alvin (Claudia) DAVENPORT of Prescott, IA, Harlan (Dee) DAVENPORT of Round Rock, TX, Brian (Marygrace) DAVENPORT of Clearfield, and Eric (Deb) DAVENPORT of Blockton; daughters Paula (Charles) BOWMAN of Lenox, and Joyce (Carl) MERKH of Spring, Texas; 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Betty DAVENPORT and Frances DAVENPORT both of Creston.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife on January 20, 2006; a sister Beva MORROW; and two brothers Lee & Dean DAVENPORT.

SOURCE: www.watsonarmstrongfh.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://aurora-24708.tributes.com/show/Hubert-Davenport-89588255

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2010

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