Marian was born on April 25, 1934, in Falmouth, Maine. The daughter of John and Anna Viles. She graduated from Falmouth High School in 1952 and went on to bookkeeping jobs until her retirement from Portland News Company in 1997.
Marian’s passions were sewing and golfing which she excelled in both. She was known to donate many of her quilts to the pediatric unit at the local hospitals. The highlight of her golfing days was when she shot a hole in one at the Riverside Golf Club.
She was predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Robert “Bob” Davis in 2011. Also predeceased by her brothers, Robert, Richard and his wife Joyce, Earl and his wife Nancy, Kenneth and his wife Marcia, and Roland “Ron”. Surviving are her sister Arlene Capron and her husband George, daughters, Jerilyn Datres, Edith “Edie” Davis and Karen Chaleki, sons, Robert Mark Davis and John Davis, grandchildren, Amanda Bradford, Avary Post, Matthew Bradford, Benjamin Bradford, Blake Hale, Jordan Hale and Michele Davis, great-grandchildren, Anthony Mazzacone, Natalie Post, Mason Seymour, Lucas Seymour and Harley Hale.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial visitation November 3, 2022, from 4-7 p.m. at Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home 199 Woodford St. Portland, Maine. Graveside Service will be private.
Please visit www.jonesrichandbarnes.com for additional information and to sign Marian’s guest book.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.