Carrie D Davies

Carrie D. Davies, 98, died Wednesday evening March 19, 2008, at Luther Crest, Allentown, PA where she had lived for the past 18 years. She was the wife of the late William S. Davies, well known as a longtime disc jockey and announcer at the radio station WSAN in Allentown.

Born is Shamokin, Northumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Olive Belle (Foulke) Marshall. With her first husband, Karl A. Schuon, she was a moving force in the Allentown Civic Little Theatre during the 1930’s and 40’s. The pair starred for years in plays, radio dramas and other area productions. In fact, Carrie and Karl were once referred to by the Morning Call as “the Lunts of little theater,” a reference to Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, the most acclaimed acting team in the history of American theater. Her lead role in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect play “Papa Is All” helped to make the show a major hit and set a record for what was then the longest running Civic show. The profitable production put the organization on solid financial ground for the first time and helped in the search for a permanent home, eventually leading the theater to its current home on 19 ^th Street.

In the 1950’s Carrie worked as the chief hat buyer for Hess’s Department Store in Allentown. Later she operated Debbie’s Hat Bar in Catasauqua. With her husband Bill Davies, she traveled widely during the 1960’s and 70’s, and a running account of one of their trips to Mexico appeared in The Morning Call as a long-running series called “The Short, Short Trailer.”

She is survived by Son, Marshall Schuon, and his wife Loleen Cartwright of Tannersville; Granddaughter, Jonalyn Schuon and her husband, James Kindall, of Huntington, NY; Grandson, Jay Schuon and his wife, Michaela Scapan, of Northport, NY; 6 Great Grandchildren; and a Sister, Catherine Saeger of Luther Crest.

Memorial Services are Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 10:30 AM in the chapel at Luther Crest, 800 Hausman Road, Allentown.

The family requests contributions to Luther Crest, 800 Hausman Road, Allentown, PA 18104. Arrangements are by the Ludwick Funeral Home, Kutztown, PA.