Kira Davis Obituary, Utah, Kira Davis Has Passed Away

Kira Davis Obituary, Death – The heroic battle against breast cancer that Kira Pratt Davis, age 41, fought for ten years ended on July 7, 1997, when she passed away in the comfort of her own home in Orem. Samuel Orson Pratt and Louise Frandsen Pratt welcomed their daughter into the world on January 20, 1956 in the city of Los Angeles, California.

In the years 1977 and 1978, she was a member of the LDS Church and worked as a missionary in the Netherlands. On May 19, 1979, she wed Mark David Davis in the Manti Temple. Kira acquired her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Brigham Young University in 1974, her Master of Arts degree from the University of Maryland in 1989, and she graduated from Orem High School in 1974.

In addition to being a skilled portrait artist and illustrator, she established a small business called PaperFaces, in which she engaged in the production of individualized paper dolls depicting portraits. She was a member of numerous choirs, orchestras, and folk groups in Utah, the Netherlands, and the Washington, District of Columbia region.

More recently, she has been guiding her family in performing as a Celtic folk band. She played the harp and sang with these music organizations. Her body of work includes a large number of pages of published essays, as well as a large number of journals and letters. She was a writer who was insightful. She was an outstanding dancer and performer who appeared at Sundance as well as other local venues when she was performing.

Above all else, she was a wife and mother who was both inspired and loving, as well as a friend who was both creative and devoted. In addition to her husband, her daughters Rebecca, 17, Kathryn, 12, and Elizabeth, 10, as well as her foster son, Duc Dang, who is currently serving an LDS mission in San Francisco, she is survived by her mother, Louise F. Pratt of Orem; her brothers, John Pratt and his wife, Martine, of San Pedro, California.

Allen Pratt and his wife, Debbie, of Great Falls, Montana; and Carl Pratt and his wife, Laurie, of Orem; her stepsisters Francesca Rebollo-Sborgi of Provo and Alessandra Jones of West Plains, Missouri; and her stepmother, Rosalie Pratt Mortimer of Provo. Samuel O. Pratt, her father, passed away before she did. He was her predecessor. On Thursday, July 10, 1997, at eleven o’clock in the morning, funeral services will be held in the River Ridge LDS Chapel, which is located at 1120 East 600 North in Orem. The Walker Sanderson Funeral Home, located at 646 East 800 North in Orem, will be open for visitation on Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 o’clock. Additionally, the Chapel will be open for visitation one hour prior to the ceremonies. Cemetery in Orem City for the interment.

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