CPHA Dedicates the 2010 Ice Hockey Season to Ken Davis
Ken Davis was an important part of the CPHA’s Boards decision to move from Inline to USA Ice Hockey Membership.
Ken’s goal was to become a permanent member of the Chubbuck’s Fire Department and Ken’s contributions as a fire fighter made is possible to build Chubbuck’s first ice sheet.
Click Here See Ken’s CPHA Photo Album:
“The CPHA family experienced a terrible and tragic loss last night when Ken Davis (father of Brandon and Shawn in the U-14 group) died in an auto accident. Many of our newer CPHA folks don’t know Ken because for the past nine months he’s been very involved running his new business in American Falls.
But prior to that, he was a regular out at the rink and was one of the central figures in our organization’s decision to build an ice rink and purchase Zamboni ice resurfacers.
It was Ken, along with a group of other volunteers, who traveled in September 2008 to Salmon to visit their outdoor facility. It was during the trip back from Salmon in Ken’s van that the entire ice hockey concept was hatched, and it was Ken’s contributions that helped lead us to where we are today.
(Attached are two photos of our visit to Salmon. Ken is the last person on the right.)
Last winter, when we filled the pond, Ken was out by himself or with Denny and David making ice, repairing the Zamboni’s, and encouraging the kids. At last October’s ISU Homecoming parade, it was Ken who hooked up the I-pod and speakers so our Zamboni could have hockey music accompaniment. And, every August during the Chubbuck Days Parade, Ken would always don his roller hockey equipment and skate beside our float.
Our organization is immeasurably poorer today for his loss. Denny, Phil, and Shawn are close to the family and are working to help make arrangements and comfort them, but this will be an unavoidably difficult time. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers.”
Jim DiSanza
Life Legacy
POCATELLO-Kenneth Russell Davis, 41, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010 from injuries received in an automobile accident.
Ken was born September 15, 1968 in Onawa, Iowa to Ronald and Janet (Nelson) Davis. Ken was raised and educated in Iowa. Ken was an outstanding wrestler in high school & participated in several State Championships. He married Angie McGarry in Sioux City, Iowa on June 14, 1996.
They moved to Pocatello and Ken found work at J R. Simplot, Chubbuck Fire Department, he was a business entrepreneur, he currently owned and operator the Silver
Horseshoe Bar in American Falls, Idaho. He also worked for Camas Enterprises in Idaho and for Terra Nitrogen in Iowa. He was a board member of the Chubbuck/Pocatello Hockey Association, was involved with his sons in cub scouts which included the Pinewood Derby and campouts as well as Hockey. Ken loved to rebuild cars, go camping, ride motorcycles, boating, hockey and being with family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Angie Davis and sons, Brandon and Shawn Davis, all of Pocatello, a sister, Becky (Steve) Purcell, Urbandale, IA, his father, Ronald Davis and step-mother, Linda Davis, Soda Springs, ID, his mother, Janet Nelson and step-father, Dennis Nelson, Onawa, IA, step-brother, Denny Nelson, Onawa, IA and step-sister, Kami Nelson, Denver, CO. He was preceded in death by a brother, Ronnie Davis and his paternal and maternal grandparents.
Funeral services for Ken will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 South 4th Avenue, Pocatello, Idaho. The family will receive friends during the viewing, one hour prior to the services on Saturday at the funeral home. Ken will be buried in the Center Township Cemetery in Castana, Iowa under the direction of the Rush Family Care Service in Onawa, Iowa.
The family suggests any donations be sent to the Chubbuck Fire Department at 4727 Yellowstone Avenue, Chubbuck, Idaho 83202 or to the (CPHA) Chubbuck / Pocatello Hockey Association at P.O. Box 2891, Pocatello, Idaho 83206
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ONAWA, Iowa — Kenneth Russell Davis, 41, Pocatello, Idaho, formerly of Onawa, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.
