Dee Milton Davis

Sunday morning, March 5, 2017. He was born

October 24, 1927 in Provo, Utah to Josh and

Lileth Davis. He married his sweetheart, Faye

Elaine Fechser, on August 6, 1951.

In 1945, just weeks after VE Day, Dee began

two years of service as a merchant seaman

helping to transport needed supplies to war-torn

Europe.

In 1955, a few years after graduating from

Brigham Young University with a degree in accounting, Dee started his own

successful family business, which is still in operation today.

As an active member of the LDS Church, he loved learning about the gospel of Jesus

Christ and latter-day prophets, and read many of their biographies. He served as a

counselor in a bishopric, as a scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts of America, and as a

home teacher, a nearly lifetime calling that he loved because of the joy it gave him

serving individual members.

He was also an active member of the East Mill Creek Lion’s Club where, for more

than 50 years, he helped to raise funds that financed the swimming pool at the

original Olympus High School, supported the blind, and helped organize and operate

the annual Easter Egg Hunt and Fourth of July Celebration at Evergreen Park.

Dee loved the outdoors. He camped with his family, hunted with his sons and

cousins, and fished with whomever would accompany him.

Dee is survived by his wife, Elaine (of 65 years) and their children, Tom (Wendy),

Kaye (Stan), Larry, and Gayle (Derek); by his brother, Richard Davis; and by 12

grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

A viewing will be held Sunday evening, March 12, from 6 to 8 PM at the Garden

Heights South Ward Building (2220 East Fisher Ln, Salt Lake City). Funeral services

will be held Monday, March 13, at 11:00 AM at the same location.