Clara Ellen Davison 1918-2002

Clare Davison, who died on 9 November following a short illness, was farewelled by a large congregation of family and friends at Le Pines, Ferntree Gully on Wednesday, 13 November.
Clare was born at Willaura but brought up in Lysterfield where her parents, James and Edith Wright, battled hard to provide for their large family (Clare was the fifth of seven children) on their small farm in Brae Road. For all of us accustomed to current lifestyles, Clare's childhood circumstances seem primitive. She shared a double bed with her three sisters in a two-roomed house that had a meagre water supply and no electricity. Their food consisted mainly of what could be produced on the farm itself. However, Clare declared that: "They were wonderful days. If I had my life to live over, I'd love to do it all again."
Such was the positive nature of Clare as attested by the celebrant, two of her grandsons and others at her funeral. Despite losing her beloved husband Doug over twenty years ago, Clare continued as ever to be a very outgoing and energetic person who loved to get on with her life. Most of all she was the loving and caring centre of her large extended family of four children, eleven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren, all of whom will miss her deeply.
Clare's story was published in the R LC News in June and July this year and can be read on the Rowville-Lysterfield History Project website, www.rlcnews.org.au

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