Obituary of James Joseph Davis

GRAND GORGE NY: James J. Davis Jr. Funeral arrangements : Wake is 6pm to 8pm Friday Nov. 27, 2015 at Decker Funeral Home on Main Street, Windham, N.Y. Burial is Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 at 11:30 am at Union Cemetery, 1076 Violet Ave., Hyde Park, NY Reception to follow at the Methodist Church of Poughkeepsie, 2381 New Hackensack Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 Jimmy was born at 2:11 am on June 26, 1958 in St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY. To James {Sr.} and Jennie Auchmoody Davis. He passed from this life on Nov. 24, 2015 at 10 am in Cooperstown, NY. Jimmy grew up on Cardinal Rd., East Park, NY and spent many happy days with his grandparents Moses and Hazel {Shook} Auchmoody. He had wonderful memories from a happy and carefree childhood. His Grandchildren delighted in hearing him reminisce about the beauty he found in the simplicity and innocence of those days. In 1962, Jimmy met his future wife, Doris Jean Hammell in her grandparents store on Hamilton Street in Poughkeepsie. They were blessed with an extraordinary friendship and abiding love that spanned throughout their lives. Jim was an intelligent and thoughtful man who loved to read and he was reading to the day he died. Jimmy accepted every person he met, as he found them, with an open and honest heart. He was a kind and gentle man who was loved by many people. Children and animals befriended him throughout his life. Jimmy was an astonishingly decent man who has left many bereaved at his passing. Jimmy is survived by his wife of 31 yrs, Doris, his first wife, Kathie Devens Stroka, who he married on Aug. 20, 1976 in Rhinebeck, NY, his two daughters of that union, Jammie (Fay) Johnson of Germantown and Niomi (Randy Adamshack) Davis of Hudson, his son, Franklin (Brittney) Davis of Davenport , his stepdaughters, Alyssa (Nathan) Mahar of Oneonta and Alice (Wayne) Parr of Pleasant Valley, 8 grandchildren, Olivia Johnson, James Davis, Evan Johnson, Layne Adamshack, Elizabeth Davis, Abigail Parr, Anna Johnson and Maximus Moses Davis, Neice, Rachel (Cookie) Swartz, brother in law, Craig Cassidy of Pleasant Valley, several sisters & brothers in law, many neices and nephews, best friends, Timmy Wilber of Cairo and Tina Smith of Saugerties, childhood friends, Ben Race of Fort Plain and John Sheffield of Salt Point. Two very special friends who helped him greatly through his terrible illness, Darlene Mattice of Prattsville and Lucy Veneski of Lexington. Without their help, his passing would have been much harder. Jimmy was predeceased by his parents, his grandparents, Moses and Hazel, his sister, Jennie Berry and his much loved friend, John Myers. Calling hours will be held at Decker Funeral Home, in Windham NY from 6-8PM on Friday 11/27/15.