Margaret A. Davies

Margaret A. Davies passed away in her sleep on June 2, 2012 at St. Pats Hospital in Missoula at the age of 86.

Margaret was born on Sept 2, 1925 in Ronan, Montana. She grew up and worked at her parent’s Round Butte Store and attended the Round Butte Elementary School and then Ronan High School. After high school, she attended Kinman Business School and St. Luke’s nursing school in Spokane, and Montana State University. She picked cherries for two seasons on Flathead Lake.

On Dec. 27, 1946, she married John R. Davies and lived on their ranch in Round Butte. She was active with the Rainbow Girls and was mother advisor in 1949. She was a member of the Round Butte Rifle and Pistol Club and the Round Butte Pinochle Club. In 1952, her first son, Kirk, was born.

In 1953, they sold the ranch and moved to Circle, Glendive, and then to East Glacier while JR worked in the oil fields. In 1955, her second son, Don, was born. In 1956, the family moved to Noxon, where they ran a gas station while the dam was being built. They had the second highest gas sales in Montana one year for the Standard Oil Co.

In 1959, they moved to Kalispell, and then to Evergreen in 1960 where they lived until 1989, when they moved back into Kalispell. During this time, Margaret worked for the Forest Service, served on the Buffalo Hills Golf Course Board, was a member of the League of Women Voters, raised the two boys, and shot four hole-in-ones on the 12th hole of the Buffalo Hills Course. Margaret and John loved to go dancing and many a Friday night you would find them at the Elk’s Club, Blue Moon or other dance halls in the valley. Margaret was an avid card player and loved to beat John at solitaire or cribbage. Margaret raised beautiful flower gardens and made wonderful quilts.

Margaret was preceded in death by the her husband, John Davies; her parents, Julia and Lars Beck; her brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Winnie Beck; her brother Johnnie Beck; and her sister, Frances Shipman. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Kirk and Eileen Davies and Don and Wanda Davies, her sisters and brothers-in law, Jewel and Ron Lansing, Sherry and Dick Sadler, and her sister-in-law Nadine Beck; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

A memorial celebration will be held at the Kalispell Elks Club at 11:00 am on July 21st. A lunch will be served afterwards so that we can visit and tell stories. Condolences for the family may be left at www.missoulafuneralhomes.com