Laurie R. Davis, age 61, passed away on June 21, 2021 at Great Plains Health in North Platte. She passed peacefully surrounded by her family after a hard fight. Laurie was born on January 7, 1960 in Dillon Montana to Lorraine Davis and Budd Shuman. In 1962 her mother Lorraine married Jim Davis, who will forever be her dad. They raised three wonderful children together. Laurie was the *little* big sister to her two brothers.
“She was always there when I needed her,” says her brother Faryl, “she kept me out of trouble as a kid and stood by me when I went to prison. She was the best sister a guy could ask for and I have a huge hole in my heart now.”
“She was generous to a fault, didn’t complain about the big stuff, and she had a gentle way about her when you were feeling down. She was always her own woman and did things her way. Feisty and spirited with a quiet courage and gave herself selflessly,” says her brother Shane, “She shaped a lot of my musical preferences and my personal style and interests. She was so many things and the one you counted on like the sunrise or the mountains, she was always there. I will miss her sweet ways and her twinkling eyes almost as much as her laughter.”
Laurie moved from Montana to Arizona in 1968 where she graduated from Moon Valley High in 1978. Around 1990 she moved to Hemingford Nebraska with her son Brian, where she later met her soulmate Harold and they put their roots down to raise their family. She spent her life/career caring for others in many different settings. Her passion was sewing (quilting), being outdoors, finding the beauty and hidden messages in nature, being around friends and family, and just loving unconditionally. She was always one to stop and chat with everyone she saw. She is known for her free spirited soul and amazing friendship.
Left to honor Laurie and remember her love are her parents: Lorraine and Jim Davis, lifelong love: Harold Adamson, her three beautiful children: Brian Davis, Amber Adamson (Joshua Arellano), and Ashley Adamson, two bonus children: Tara DeWitt (Bill) and Andrew Adamson (Carly), her brothers: Shane Davis (Melinda Roberts) and Faryl Davis (Jessica Takami), nephews: Rayce Davis (Sam Sapp) and Ryan Davis (Melissa Roberts), nieces Hayley Schwartz and Rylee Eisenhart-Davis, great nieces: Bexley and Brightlyn Davis, great nephews: Raustin and Hudson Davis, many grandchildren: Kenley, Karsyn, Emilee, Lillian, Edlyn, Everett, Bella, and Claire, and the many other family members and friends that she loved and cherished deeply.
She is preceded in death by her father Budd Shuman, her parents-in-law Everett and Rosalie Adamson, her favorite grandma Ruth Bastian, and her grandpa Walt.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday June 26, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church, 619 Custer Street, Hemingford, NE. Burial of ashes will follow at the Hemingford Cemetery. The family will greet guests on Saturday before the service.
The Davis and Adamson families would like to extend our gratitude to all the staff at the Great Plains Health hospital in North Platte for their attentiveness and loving care and also to the friends and family that have reached out with their love and wonderful memories. Memorials may be made in Laurie’s name to United Methodist Church in Hemingford, NE.
Online condolences may be left at www.batesgould.com.