Ronald J Davis

Ronald James Davis was born on August 19, 1944, at 12:45 A.M. in Maywood, California at Maywood Hospital. He was the second of three children born to William Dausa Davis and Dorothy Deleath Davis. Ronald lived in Burbank, California and graduated from Burbank High School in 1962. In 1966 he was drafted into the Army, served in Vietnam, and was honorably discharged with the rank of Sergeant E-5 on November 29, 1968.

After serving in Army for nearly three years, Ronald worked for Pacific Bell/AT&T/SBC for 28 years. In 1997 he retired from the phone company and became a stay-at-home dad and simultaneously earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration online in 1998. Ron put this degree into practice by becoming a franchisee partner at Jack-In-The-Boxes with Luis Carcavallo in 1999. Ron owned and operated two franchises in California until 2004. In 2004 he sold these franchises, moved to St. George, Utah with his family, and purchased three Jack-In-The Boxes in that area. After working his fingers to the bone for eleven years, Ron sold the franchise in St. George, Utah area and retired to Grand Junction, Colorado with his wife and family. While living in Grand Junction, he kept busy on his five-acre property and joined the VFW post 3981, where he volunteered where needed from 2018 until 2022.

Ronald is survived by his wife, Lora Davis and sister, Mary Gendron (husband- Glen). He is also survived by his sons: Timothy, Ronald Jr. (wife-Terry), Glen, and Joshua Davis and daughters: Teri Cheer (husband- Mark), Laura Davis, and Kimberly Torbic (husband-Ryan). Besides his seven children, Ron also leaves behind fourteen grandchildren: Ashlie McGuff, Amanda Bosley, Amelia Davis, Joshua Eli Davis, Logan Torbic, Valerie Cheer, Sophia Davis, Desirae Torbic, Andrew Davis, Ember Davis, Thomas Davis, and Summer Davis, and two great-grandchildren: Skarlett Madisyn Six, Lennon Aron Harsh. Besides his wife, sister, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, Ron also leaves behind nieces, nephews, sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws who loved him greatly.

Ronald was preceded in death by his beloved brother, William Thomas Davis who passed in 2020.

Those of us who are related to Ron and love him greatly are immensely comforted by the knowledge that we will see him again in heaven. What a day of rejoicing that will be! God bless you all.

Ron is my true love and soulmate. We were married for 36 years. He was a fun loving husband and father. He loved having get-togethers for the holidays. Depending on the time of year we played volleyball and swam and at times played Pinochle.

A graveside service for Ronald will be held Monday, July 31, 2023 at 1:00 PM at Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado, 2830 Riverside Pkwy., Grand Junction, CO 81501.

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