Carmelina E. (Ditata) Davis, 85, of Dartmouth passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Harold A. Davis, Jr.
Born in New Bedford on July 20, 1928, daughter of the late Carmine and Michelina (Vanelli) Ditata, she was a lifelong resident of Dartmouth and a 1946 graduate of Dartmouth High School. She retired as a bank teller from N.B.I.S. Mrs. Davis was a member for over 60 years of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, New Bedford. She was an avid quilter and a member of the Shining Tides Quilt Guild of Mattapoisett.
Survivors include 3 sons and 7 grandchildren: Randall E. Davis and his children Zoe and Eric Davis, Douglas A. Davis and his wife Deborah and their children Rebecca, Jacob and Elizabeth Davis and Steven S. Davis and his wife Gayle and their children Brooke and Reid Davis; a brother and sister: Gabe Ditata and Mary Luminiello; and several nieces and nephews.
She was sister of the late Angelina Ditata, Josephine Danielli, Ann Beaumont and Charles Ditata.
Memorial service to which relatives and friends are invited will be Friday, September 6, 2013 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 884 Kempton St., New Bedford at 10:00 A.M.
Interment will be in Beech Grove Cemetery, Westport.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 884 Kempton St., New Bedford 02740 or Community Nurses of Fairhaven, 62 Center St., Fairhaven, MA 02719.