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26 | November 15, 2018 | The winnetka Current FAITH<br />
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Winnetka Presbyterian Church (1255<br />
Willow Road, Winnetka; (847) 446-<br />
7777)<br />
LifeTalk<br />
LifeTalk at Café Aroma<br />
are held Thursdays at 9:30<br />
a.m. Talk and friendship<br />
over coffee, tea and hot<br />
cocoa. A great way to start<br />
your day. Come as often as<br />
you can.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
Barbara Lou Davidson<br />
Friends and family<br />
grieve the loss of New Trier<br />
graduate Barbara Davidson,<br />
who was 91 when<br />
she died on All Hollow’s<br />
Eve. Barbara was born<br />
March 19, 1927 to Bertha<br />
Mae Gebo and Louis Henry<br />
Ingwersen in Oakland.<br />
She grew up on the North<br />
Shore of Chicago with her<br />
two brothers, Robert and<br />
James. She graduated from<br />
New Trier Township High<br />
School. Davidson studied<br />
at Monticello Seminary<br />
for Women in Godfrey, Ill.<br />
and Frances Harrington’s<br />
Institute of Interior Design<br />
in Chicago.<br />
She married Don Q. Davidson<br />
at Church of the<br />
Holy Comforter in Kenilworth<br />
in 1950. The couple<br />
raised a family of three<br />
girls while Don worked 25<br />
years for Ladies’ Home<br />
Journal. Davidson embodied<br />
the magazine’s motto,<br />
“Never Underestimate the<br />
Power of a Woman.” Curtis<br />
Publishing transferred<br />
the couple from Chicago<br />
to Minneapolis and back<br />
again, and then to New<br />
Christian Science Reading Room and<br />
Church (804 Elm St., Winnetka; (847)<br />
446-2233)<br />
Sunday Service and<br />
Sunday School<br />
Sunday School is held<br />
at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday<br />
Services are 7:30<br />
p.m. April-November<br />
and 1 p.m. during winter<br />
months. Everyone is invited.<br />
Thanksgiving Choral<br />
Eucharist 10 a.m. Nov. 22.<br />
Winnetka Congregational Church<br />
(725 Pine Street, Winnetka; (847)<br />
441-3400)<br />
Sunday worship and school<br />
An open-minded, openhearted,<br />
non-denominational<br />
Christian church.<br />
Sunday Worship and<br />
Church School at 10 a.m.<br />
Christ Church Winnetka (784 Sheridan<br />
Road, Winnetka; (847) 446-2850)<br />
Sunday Worship<br />
Holy Eucharist is at 8<br />
a.m. at Church on the Hill.<br />
Another Holy Eucharist<br />
with organ and choir is<br />
at 9:30 a.m. with church<br />
school classes for ages 3<br />
and up.<br />
The Orchard (315 Waukegan Road,<br />
Northfield)<br />
Awana Clubs<br />
Children ages 3 through<br />
fifth grade can play games,<br />
memorize Bible verses<br />
and learn Bible lessons on<br />
Tuesdays from 6:30-8 p.m.<br />
Youth Group<br />
The youth group of<br />
middle- and high-school<br />
students meets Wednesdays<br />
from 7:30-9 p.m. to<br />
build a community around<br />
God’s word, have small<br />
group discussion, worship,<br />
prayer, play games and<br />
have snacks.<br />
Submit information for The<br />
Current’s Faith page to megan@winnetkacurrent.com<br />
York in 1968, when they<br />
settled in Wilton, Conn.<br />
In 1975, after their girls<br />
left the nest, the Davidsons<br />
adopted their two grandsons<br />
and began a second<br />
family.<br />
When Don retired, he<br />
took up cabinetmaking<br />
and worked under his<br />
wife’s astute direction in<br />
her interior design business.<br />
Davidson freelanced<br />
her entire adult life, lending<br />
her prodigious talents<br />
to clients, to friends, to<br />
the Flower Guild at St.<br />
Matthew’s where she worshipped<br />
for fifty years,<br />
and throughout her eighties,<br />
as a volunteer of the<br />
Women’s Board of Norwalk<br />
Hospital, designing<br />
the windows for their thrift<br />
store, Treasure House.<br />
Davidson found great<br />
solace wiling away the<br />
hours in her garden. The<br />
satisfaction of seeing the<br />
result of one’s labor grow<br />
and flourish, and sharing<br />
her homes and gardens<br />
with family and friends<br />
brought a richness and<br />
fullness to her life.<br />
She was a people magnet<br />
because of her warm<br />
spirit and broad smile and<br />
the most optimistic person<br />
even in the darkest<br />
times; her vibrant smile<br />
and hearty laughter uplifted<br />
all who loved her.<br />
Davidson’s perseverance<br />
through adversity is her<br />
legacy. She demonstrated<br />
unparalleled strength and<br />
wisdom through her life,<br />
even when facing cancer.<br />
Two days before she<br />
died, she was dressed elegantly,<br />
joking around,<br />
beautiful and gracious,<br />
in relationship, and clear<br />
thinking. She is survived<br />
by her husband, Don Q.<br />
Davidson, her son Christopher<br />
Davidson, her<br />
daughter Karen Davidson<br />
Seward, her son-in-law<br />
Peter Seward, her brother<br />
James J. Ingwersen, and<br />
a spectacular array of<br />
friends. Davidson was predeceased<br />
by three other<br />
children.<br />
Have someone’s life you’d<br />
like to honor? Email<br />
Michael Wojtychiw at<br />
m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury<br />
media.com with information.
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