Richard James Davidson, 79, of Dunmore, died peacefully Friday night at home surrounded by his wife and children.\u00a0 His wife is the former Ellen Jordan.<\/p>\n
Born in Dunmore, the son of the late Walter and Catherine O\u2019Hora Davidson, he is a graduate of St. Paul\u2019s High School.\u00a0 He furthered his education at the University of Scranton receiving an undergraduate degree in Accounting as well as an MBA.\u00a0 He spent the majority of his career as a Vice President in hospital administration at Mercy Hospital in Scranton and retired from Goodwill Industries as CFO.\u00a0 Some of his favorite times were spent with friends at the YMCA, golfing at the Elmhurst Country Club, and running around Lake Scranton and \u00a0the Dunmore Cemetery.\u00a0 He was especially proud to have completed the 1979 NYC Marathon alongside his longtime friend, Tim Foley. \u00a0He spent countless hours watching his grandchildren play sports. \u00a0But, most of all, he loved his summer vacations with his wife, children, and grandchildren on the beaches of Ocean City, MD, and the Outer Banks.<\/p>\n
In addition to his wife, he is survived by their children, Mari Woodton and husband, Eric, Philadelphia; Brian Davidson and wife, Lisa, Mountaintop; Anne Kennell, Scranton; and Mary Ellen Barrett and husband, Michael, Dunmore; ten grandchildren, Jordan and Jonathan Woodton; Alexis, Casey, Emily, and Brady Davidson; Ryan and Allie Kennell; and Patrick and Brian Barrett; his sister, Mary Donahue and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.<\/p>\n
Family and friends may pay their respects at Immaculate Conception Church, Taylor Ave., Scranton, on Friday from 8:45-9:45 a.m. with Mass of Christian Burial beginning promptly at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
Interment to follow in Dunmore Cemetery.<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly asks that memorial contributions be made to St. Joseph\u2019s Center, 2010 Adams Ave., Scranton, PA 18509.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard James Davidson, 79, of Dunmore, died peacefully Friday night at home surrounded by his wife and children.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[307,315,313,314,319,317,309,310,321,320,311,308,318,178,180,179,312,316],"class_list":["post-49395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-carlucci-golden-desantis-funeral-home","tag-caskets","tag-cremation","tag-embalming","tag-funeral-arrangement","tag-funeral-flowers","tag-funeral-home","tag-funeral-home-in-dunmore-pa","tag-funeral-planning","tag-funeral-pre-arrangement","tag-funeral-services","tag-inc","tag-pre-need","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-traditional-funeral-service","tag-urns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}