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Rose Elaine Davis, age 93, went to be with the Lord on April 2nd , 2025, at her assisted living home in San Antonio, Texas. She was born on September 3rd, 1931, in a little farmhouse in the community of Prairie Valley, five miles from Whitney, Texas to the parents of Nettie Mae (Rose) Cypert and Robert Douglas Cypert. Rose Elaine was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband, Donald Ray Davis, her brothers Filman Hugh Cypert and Robert Douglas Cypert, and sisters-in-law Naomi Cypert and Fay Cypert. She is survived by her daughter, Cynthia (Eddie) Silman, her two sons, Brad (Lauren) Davis and Clif (Becky) Davis, her grandchildren, Donna Fehlman, Matt (Kelly) Davis, Shannon (Frank) Lanzagorta, Justin Davis, Rachel (Thomas) Slack and five great-grandchildren. Rose Elaine Davis was raised on the family farm near Whitney, Texas. She grew up in the aftermath of the Great Depression, and World War II, with few possessions but a home filled with love, developing a lifelong strong work ethic helping with chores and seasonal cotton harvesting. Elaine finished high school in 1949. Unusual for a girl of her generation, she went to college, attending North Texas State and West Texas State Colleges, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition. She was married to Don Davis at the age of 21. They enjoyed 65 years of marriage, until his death in 2017. She was a “working mom” with three kids and a full-time career at Methodist Hospital in San Antonio where she worked for 26 years as a dietician. She broke the glass ceiling to become the manager of the food service department providing daily nutritious meals to the hundreds of patients, employees, and their families at the hospital. She retired in the early ‘90’s. She spent her retirement years quilting, babysitting grandkids and traveling with her husband, taking trips across the U.S. and abroad, including several big ship cruises. In the last several years of her marriage she was her husband’s primary caregiver once his health deteriorated. Rose Elaine will always be remembered for her selfless love and tireless devotion to her family, her fabulous meals, and her quiet faith in God. She was a one-of-a-kind daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. She will be missed, always loved, and never forgotten

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Rose Elaine Davis

September 3, 1931 - April 2, 2025