Delores P. Davis

BARRE, VERMONT -- Delores Pruneau Davis, 89, of Wildersburg Common, died peacefully at home in the afternoon of February 18th. Her wish was to return home from the hospital and see her nine children before she passed. Her children arrived from far and near to comfort her in her final days.  A devout Catholic, she attended services every Sunday and holy days until she was unable. She will be greatly missed. Delores was born to her late parents Alfred and Florence Merchant Pruneau on July 18th, 1931 in Barre, Vermont.  Delores, known to all as "Dolly", attended St. Monica's Graded School.  She often spoke fondly of a nun who taught her to play the piano.  She then attended Spaulding High School graduating in 1949.  She was a beautiful, spirited and proud cheerleader.  She met her late husband Thomas C. Davis at Spaulding and they married in1952.  An inseparable pair, they were happily married for sixty-five years and had nine children. A woman of her time, she was content to stay home and care for her...