July 16, 2011  

LAFARGEVILLE, N.Y.  —  Esther W. Davis, 88, of Miller Road, LaFargeville, and formerly of Alexandria Bay, died early Thursday morning, July 14, at River Hospital.

Born Dec. 6, 1922, in Alexandria Bay, the daughter of Clarence and Marjorie LaFleur Wells, she was the first baby baptized at St. Cyril’s Roman Catholic Church in Alexandria Bay. She graduated in 1940 from Alexandria Bay High School and then Sherwood Music School in Chicago, Ill.

She married Willard R. Davis on Dec. 10, 1949, at St. Cyril’s Rectory with Fr. Armand Dusault officiating. Mr. Davis died Oct. 25, 1987.  

She was a homemaker, a former Girl Scout leader and a member of the Alter & Rosary Society at St. Cyril’s Church.

Surviving are a son and hi wife, Brian D. and Janet, Alexandria Bay; two daughters, Debby K. Davis and her companion, Louise Mitchell, LaFargeville, and Diane and Stephen Jarvis, Alexandria Bay; and five grandchildren.  

A great-grandson, Phillip Davis, died before her.

A funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, at St. Cyril’s Church with Fr. Douglas Comstock officiating. Burial will be in St. Cyril’s cemetery.

Arrangements are with Costello Funeral Service, Alexandria Bay.

Memorial donations may be made to the MacSherry Library, Alexandria Bay.

Information provided by Costello Funeral Service and Newzjunky.com, Watertown