Obituary of Margaret Anna Davis

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARGARET A. DAVIS Margaret Anna Davis, daughter of Francis and Mattie (Ridgeley) Kent, was born April 9, 1942, in Norton, Kansas, and passed away at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney, Nebraska, on March 24, 2011, at the age of 68. Margaret grew up in Norton and attended the Norton schools, graduating from the Norton Community High School. She was a postal worker for the U.S. Postal Service for 26 years. She married Charles L. Escudero and they made their home in Oakley, Kansas, and Silverthorne, Colorado. In 1967, she married Paul Davis and they made their home in Castle Rock, Colorado. In 1985, she married John D. "J.D." Ryan. In 2008, she returned to Norton where she has made her home since. Margaret enjoyed gardening and reading books. Survivors include: four children, JoAnn, and husband, Bill Evans, Ellsworth, Kansas; Charla Escudero, Kit Carson, Colorado; Charles Escudero, Littleton, Colorado; Lonnie, and wife, Heidi Davis, Colorado Springs, Colorado; six brothers, Francis "Fritz", Michael, David, Paul, James, and John Kent; one sister, Carla Rowe; nine grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; other relatives and friends. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, and one sister, Agnes Joann. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.