Paula Adele Davis

Pratt - Paula Adele (Tuttle) Davis, our "Mudder Dean", loving wife and mother passed from this life on December 27, 2024, after decades of fighting the good fight. She was born March 15, 1950, in Pratt, Kansas, to Gerald and Beulah (Cutright) Tuttle. She was preceded in death by husband Richard, November 17, 2020, mother Beulah, November 13, 1995, father Gerald, February 5, 1998, two brothers Byron, November 12, 2017, and Jerry, February 26, 2022. On March 4, 1972, Paula married the love of her life, Richard Olen Davis, or maybe it was his 1957 Chevy she loved. She had two sons Travis of Coats, Kansas and Waco (Kristen) of Hutchinson, Kansas. Paula attended Haviland High School, Pratt Jr. College and Tabor College, earning her teaching degree. She taught 5th grade and special education in Kiowa and Commanche counties until her MS diagnosis in 1979. Even then, Mom went on to spearhead multiple projects in and around Kiowa County, including the formation of the Kiowa County Historical Society and Museum, the Fromme-Birney Round Barn restoration and its placement on the historic register, along with the SRCA Dragstrip in Great Bend, Kansas. She served on the Kansas Historic Sites Board of Review for several years. When asked, she said “My biggest accomplishment was my kids, my children, my boys, to see that they would become the great men that they are today.” We Love you Mom, Have a great night and a better tomorrow Mudder Dean! A memorial graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm Friday, January 3, 2025, at the Haviland United Methodist Church, Haviland, Kansas, with John Hamm presiding. A private family inurnment will be held at a future date. Please wear your favorite car/racing shirt, hat or jacket for Paula. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to Hilltop Manor Nursing Center, 403 S. Valley St. Cunningham, KS 67035, and SRCA Dragstrip, PO Box1362 Great Bend, KS 67530, or in care of Fleener Funeral Home, PO Box 41, Greensburg, KS 67054.