Davis, Margaret 

99 01/19/1911 04/29/2010 Margaret was born Jan. 
19, 1911, in Vernie, near Ontario, to Angus and 
Lenore Warren MacDonald who were early Oregon 
pioneers in the Gearhart and Warrenton area. She 
grew up and attended schools in the Snake River 
Valley, graduating from Payette High School in 1929. 
A graduate of Montana Deaconess Hospital in 1932, 
she practiced private duty nursing during the time 
when the shift ran 20 hours per day. Margaret 
married Robert Marsden Walker in 1935. They moved 
to Mount Emily logging camp in the early part of the 
marriage. They lived in the La Grande area through 
the 1950s where she worked in the old Grand Ronde 
Hospital. After divorcing, she moved to the Portland 
area and continued her nursing career. In 1957, she 
married Dr. Leonard Davis, a dentist in the Tigard 
area for many years. She became interested in 
painting, was a member of OSA (Oregon Society of 
Artists) and Tigard Art Club and painted oils for many 
years. She also loved travel and made many trips to 
Europe. She was a proud daughter of early 
Oregonians; an enthusiastic, caring friend; and a fairly 
independent lady, living in her own home into her 
90s.

Published in The Oregonian on May 9, 2010