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- Dr. Milton Daland DAVIS, 64,
Milton's widely loved family doctor and civic leader
- for the past 35 years, died unexpectedly
at his home Wednesday morning as he was preparing to leave for
another full day at the office. Cause of death was a heart
attack.
- Funeral arrangements were incomplete
as of press time Wednesday but services were
- tentatively set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday
at the Seventh Day Baptist Church.
- Dr. DAVIS had served as president
of the Milton College board of trustees, the
- Milton College Alumni association,
the Milton Historical Society and the Milton Seventh Day Baptist
Church. Professionally he had been president of the Rock County
Medical Society, the Mercy Hospital medical staff and the Edgerton
Memorial Community Hospital medical staff.
- He was currently a member of the claims
commission of the Wisconsin Physicians
- Service and for several years had served
as counsellor for the third district of the State Medical Society.
He was also a member of the Milton Kiwanis Club.
- He was born Oct. 22, 1902, at West
Edmeston, N.Y., the son of Dr. Arnold and
- Carrie DAVIS.
- He was married in Milton Sept. 22,
1926 to Jessie POST, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
- George POST of Milton.
- A graduate of Milton College, he attended
medical school at the University of
- Wisconsin and Northwestern University.
He received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1931 from Northwestern.
- He entered practice here in 1932 in
partnership with Dr. George CROSLEY and had
- several other partners for short periods
during his years of practice before World War II. He served
as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps from 1942 to 1945, serving
both in the U. S. and in the South Pacific.
- He returned to Milton after the war
and entered partnership with Dr. H. Laurence
- BURDICK
in 1946. The two doctors have practiced in partnership since
that time although Dr. DAVIS has had only part time assistance
the past three months while Dr. BURDICK has been recuperating
from a serious illness.
- He is survived by his wife, Jessie;
one son, Milton Daland DAVIS Jr., a corporal in
- the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N.C.,
and a grandson, Christopher.
- Funeral arrangements are being made
by Albrecht Funeral Home. No visitation is
- planned. [Thursday edition,
p. 1]
-
- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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