Mrs. Davis passed away peacefully at Maplewood Park Place, following a prolonged illness. Clare always exhibited grace and poise, including the years she lived with dementia.
Clare was born November 16th, 1935 in Washington, DC, where she attended 8 years at Sacred Heart Grade School, and graduated from Georgetown Visitation High School, which she dearly loved. Clare was married to her husband Karl Ernst Davis (pre-deceased) for 62 years!
Clare was a past President of Catholic Charities, worked for the FBI in Washington, DC, and was a director for the American College of Cardiology in Bethesda and Washington, DC for many years, until her third and final retirement. They just kept calling her back!
Clare is survived by her daughter, Phyllis Ann Davis Loud & her husband John of Mt. Pleasant, SC; grandsons Alexander E. “Alex” Loud of Bozeman, MT and John M. “Jack” Loud, Jr., of Burlington, VT; granddaughter Rebecca Marie Davis of Bethesda, MD, sister Mary Elaine McC. Bellman (Ron), goddaughter Stephanie Clare Cary, and multiple nieces and nephews.
Preceding Clare in death are her parents, Dr. Stephen Alexander and Helen M. (Simpson) McCarthy, her son Frederick Stephen Davis, her sister Carol Anne McCarthy Preziotti, and her three brothers, Stephen A. McCarthy, Jr., Kevin Joseph McCarthy, and Michael Wm. McCarthy.
Friends and relatives are cordially invited to a visitation with the family at Joseph Gawler’s Sons, 5130 Wisconsin Ave. NW on Monday September 20th, 2021 from 6-8 pm.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Bartholomew Church (6900 River Rd. Bethesda, MD) on September 21st, 2021 at 11 am, followed immediately with interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring, MD.
In lieu of customary remembrances, contributions may be sent to BCC Rescue Squad in Bethesda, MD, or to a charity of your choice.
The family would like to thank with all their hearts the incredibly wonderful caregivers of Clare for 5 years: Norah Nygol Evans, Chaveleta Foster, Pearlene Alexander, and those who shared their hours.
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