Turner A. Davies, A&S manager

Turner Albert Davies of Ridgefield and Boynton Beach, Fla., and formerly of Garden City, N.Y., a retired Abraham & Straus executive, died at his daughter’s home in Ridgefield on Jan. 2. He was 86 years old. His wife of 57 years, Helen Mae Davies, died in 1996.
Mr. Davies was born on April 22, 1916, in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and did graduate work at Harvard School of Business.
He joined Abraham & Straus department store in 1946 as a glove buyer and was made a vice president in 1960. During his career he opened and managed the Hempstead A&S, Manhasset store and also Brooklyn operations. He retired in 1978.
During his years in Garden City, he was an active member of the Garden City Community Church, Boy Scouts of America, Hempstead Rotary, and Cherry Valley Country Club.
He was a family man who couldn’t get enough of his grandchildren. He was an avid reader and enjoyed a game of golf. When he moved to Ridgefield in 1991 he would often say, “Ridgefield Golf Course was the greatest public country club around.”
He is survived by a son: Turner A. Davies Jr., of Boynton Beach; three daughters, Winifred and Tom Wells of Sedona, Ariz., Judith Slaght of Glendale, Ariz., and Deborah and Jay Whitney of Ridgefield; two brothers; 11 grandchildren including Lindsay, Gordon and Megan Whitney of Ridgefield; and six great-grandchildren.
A family memorial service is planned for the spring.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Visiting Nurse Association of Ridgefield, 90 East Ridge, Ridgefield 06877.
The Kane Funeral Home handled arrangements.