Christine Alice Davis

Christine Alice Davis (aka “Chrissy” and “Baseball”) died at 7:30am on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Chula Vista, CA after a hard battle with cancer. She was 80 years old.

Chrissy was born in Glen Ridge, NJ, to parents Robert and Irene. Irene was an RN, and Robert was a Technical Representative (TechRep), working with the Navy, for Curtiss-Wright Corporation, specializing in aircraft engines. Due to Robert’s attachment to the Navy, the family moved around every few years. Chrissy lived her first few years in Clifton, NJ, followed by periods in Virginia Beach, VA, Jacksonville, FL, and Brussels, Belgium. She graduated from the International School of Brussels with the high school class of 1963. That fall she attended Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, intending to major in Chemistry. After a year at Bucknell, Chrissy moved with her family to Chula Vista, CA, with Robert’s transfer there in 1964. She then attended Southwestern College for Aviation Ground School, as she started her quest to become a pilot. It was at Southwestern, in her ground school class, that she met her future husband, A.P. “Davey” Davis, Jr. She continued her studies, earned her Private Pilot’s License, and started a family with Davey. She resided in Chula Vista for the rest of her life.

Chrissy loved most types of music, but was especially fond of Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson, The Beatles, The Eagles, Queen, and classical choral music. She was involved in choirs since childhood, and she sang competitively with the Southwestern College Choir. She encouraged and championed her children’s musical education, and she continued to sing at church and in community choral groups through her late ‘70s. All of her kids are musicians (instrumental, vocal, or both), as are many of her grandkids. Almost to the very end of her life, she continued to listen and to sing along with artists on YouTube, and with musical guests in her room at her skilled nursing facility.

Another great love in Chrissy’s life was Baseball. As the granddaughter of a semi-professional baseball player, the game was in her blood. She introduced her children to baseball very early, and cultivated in them a love for the game. All three of her boys played baseball into high school. Her kids passed on this love for Baseball to their kids. Baseball was so prevalent in her daily life that her eldest grandchild, Nate, never called her “grandma.” When he learned to speak, while temporarily living at Irene’s house across the street, Nate named Chrissy “Baseball,” as she arrived at the front door one morning. She treasured that innocently given nickname, and it stuck. Chrissy’s grandsons all played, and her granddaughters played softball. Before ticket prices got out of hand, Chrissy and Davey would often drag the kids to Padre games at San Diego Stadium. Chrissy’s piercing whistle, deployed to cheer her Padres (and to call her kids home in the neighborhood) was unbelievably, eardrum-shatteringly loud. She was present in the stadium with Irene when the Padres won the Pennant against the Cubs, and when the Padres beat the Tigers in game 2 of the 1984 World Series. She was one of the Friar Faithful before that was even a thing. Though she desperately wanted to see the Padres win a World Series, she was thankful and happy to see them play on Opening Day 2026.

Chrissy was brought up Christian (Wesleyan Methodist), and she maintained her faith until the very end. She had a thorough knowledge of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. Though there were unresolved questions, her faith endured. She and Davey were married at St Pius X Catholic Church in Chula Vista, in November of 1968. As Davey was Catholic and she was Protestant, they compromised and attended a Lutheran church early in their marriage. In the early 1970’s she and Davey found the First Christian Reformed Church of Chula Vista, on East J St. Chrissy remained part of that core congregation through multiple moves, settling at Trinity Fellowship Christian Reformed Church in San Diego, until she was no longer able to attend due to her illness. She was active in the church choir, and in the occasional emergency, filled in on piano.

Chrissy had a brilliant mind, a good heart, a generous soul, an infectious, unique giggle, and a riotous, sometimes black, sense of humor. She taught herself to read at age two. She earned her pilot’s license while in junior college. She earned the job as Head Cashier at The Broadway in Chula Vista in her early twenties. She challenged her mind with logic problems and puzzles of all types. She worked in financial planning. She stayed active in music, at church and in community chorales. She always put others first, whether her husband, kids, parents, or friends. She took care of her mother Irene in the final years of her life. She cracked morbid and grim jokes to the end of her own.

Chrissy was predeceased by her mother, father, sister Irene, brother Robert, and husband, Davey. She is survived by her children Jim, Ben, Betsy, and Tim, grandsons Nate, Luke, Jake, Preston, Parker, Hunter, and Paxton, and granddaughters Saoirse, Sophie, and Sigourney.

Funeral service and reception will be at Trinity Fellowship Christian Reformed Church, San Diego, on June 6, 2026. Chrissy will be cremated and interred at Ft Rosecrans National Cemetery with her husband, Davey, at a time TBD.