[Iabs-talk] Connie Davis obituary

[David Meyer]

MATTOON - Connie J. Davis, 62, of Mattoon, died at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday,
January 3, 2013 at Northwestern Memorial in Chicago, Illinois.

Memorial services honoring her life will be on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at
Schilling Funeral Home, 1301 Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, Illinois.
Visitation will be from 10:00 -11:30 am with a memorial service at 11:30 am.

Connie was born August 9, 1950 in Mattoon, the daughter of Betty
(Huckleberry) and Lowell Davis. She graduated from Mattoon High School and
Illinois State University. Connie spent most of her career teaching foreign
languages, Spanish and French, in the greater Chicago area. She was an
active member of the National Federation of the Blind and always searched
for ways to help others. Most recently she participated in the education of
medical students at Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She was very
kind, brave and tenacious. Even during her illness, she expressed a desire
to serve as a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and to
participate in research to discover methods for earlier detection of ovarian
cancer.

In addition to her parents, Connie is survived by her brother, Kent
(Juanita) of Atlanta GA; greyhound niece and nephews, Shorty, Treat and Roll
of Atlanta GA; Aunts Phyllis (Bill) Fuqua of Mattoon IL, and Nance (Roy)
Buchanan of Toledo IL; several cousins and a host of friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Connie's memory to
either the American Cancer Society, or to Southeastern Greyhound Adoption
Fundraising (www.greyhoundadoption.org) 4605 Wind Drive, Powder Springs GA
30127.