Florence Mildred “Flo” (Anderson) Davis, 96, a lifelong resident of Whiteside County, passed Saturday, March 8, 2014, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, IL.
She was born on February 15, 1918, in Illinois, the daughter of Emret Lewis and Martha Elizabeth (Miller) Anderson.
She was a lifetime member of the Eagle’s Club Rock Falls, IL, which is holding a Rite of Life on Thursday, March 13, 2014. She worked at the Green River Ordnance Plant during World War II and has been a housewife, restaurant cook, and bartender throughout her life. Her greatest passions were fishing, storytelling, gardening, and Bingo.
Those left to honor her memory include sons Lewis Jackson Beggs, Jr., and Timothy Ivan McEvoy; daughters Lucille Jane (Beggs) Rice and Peggy Lucinda Della (McEvoy) Beswick; sons- and daughter-in-law Lewis (Demp) Rice, Donald D. Beswick, and Sonja (Mitchell) McEvoy; grandsons Lewis Jackson Beggs, III, Dewey Russell Beggs, Robert Cecil McEvoy, Jeremy Stephen McEvoy, Donovan Scot Beswick; Justin Jay McEvoy, and JD Delgado; granddaughter Candy Sue (Beggs) Koester; great-grandchildren Andrew Beggs, Tricia (Beggs) Manning, Dominic Kenneth Russell Koester, Ashleigh Marie McEvoy, Adrianna Nicole McEvoy, Jeryn Olivia Ann McEvoy, Bennett Bishop Beswick, Violet Grace Beswick, Thomas Dewey Bulldog Beggs, Ashley Lynn Kitten Mulryan, Morgan Semester, and Drayke Dyllanger Paderson; great-great-grandchildren Thomas Dewey Bulldog Beggs, Jr., Melodie Dohogne, and Sydnee Allyah Ann Semester; many step-grand- and great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her beloved parents, sisters, brothers, and former husbands.
A celebration of her life and brunch will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 16, 2014, at the home of Donald and Peggy Beswick, 15016 Henry Road, in Morrison 61270.
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