Dean Warren Davis was
born March 3, 1944, in Pocatello, ID, to Ray McKay Davis and Naomi Magdalene Fisher. On Saturday, December
18, 2021, he died at his home in an accident on his beloved John Deere tractor. Dean attended schools in Bear Lake County, Idaho,
and graduated from Montpelier High school in
1962. He worked hard from an early age, which helped him serve a three-year
mission in Switzerland, where he
developed a genuine love for the people and Swiss cheese. He spoke fluent
German and four other languages that enabled him
to converse and navigate the world as he worked in
the Oilfield. He worked in the Syrian Desert,
the North Slope of Alaska, and many places in the lower 48 states and always brought home stories to tell.
Dean attended Utah State University and
graduated in 1969. It was there that he met his first wife,Sherrie Mortenson.
They were married in 1966. To this union, seven children sat at the family
table. Laura (Mike) Limb, Anne Marie
Johnson, Cynthia (Nick) Wamsley, Amy (Dave) Jensen, Jaclyn (Kirk) Nielsen, Jacob (Christa), and Jared (Hailey). He had
24 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. Dean and Sherrie divorced in 2002.
Dean met, Lonna Robison and they were married on
May 3, 2003. She brought nine
more children to the family table. Erica (Lanny)
Griggs, Shelley (John) Wooton, Sharon (Garth) Wagstaff, Anitra (Rich) Ritchie, Nathan (Kay) Robison, Carina
(Gaspar) Velarde, Ryan (Noelle) Robison, Alisha (Adam) Flud, and Jessica (Dylan) Field. They added 35 more grandchildren.
Dad spent a lifetime of service, learning new
things, restoring old things, telling stories, and working hard. He often spoke of his love of the farm and his
Granddad Roy Robison. We are confident that his reunion with him was very tender. As much as with his sweet mother,
Naomi. She always called him her “DD.”
Dad loved people. Dad would not want us to shed
a tear for him, but instead find someone to serve, visit, or lend a hand.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister
Judy Petersen and her husband Duane, his brother Gregg, and two grandsons, Waylon Jensen, and Charles Jackson Nielsen.
On Tuesday, December 21, 2021, a viewing was be
held from 6-8 pm at Schwab/Matthews Mortuary in Montpelier, Idaho. The funeral services were Wednesday, December 22,
2021, at 11:00 am at the Georgetown,
Idaho LDS chapel, with a viewing from 10:00-10:45 prior to services
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