Jonathan Combs Davis

January 19, 1944 - December 17, 2020

GENEVA – Jonathan Combs Davis, 76, of Geneva passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Geneva Living Center North. A Celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Jonathan was born January 19, 1944 at Geneva General Hospital, while his Dad was in Europe during World War II. He went to Geneva High, graduated in 1961. He graduated with a BA degree in history from Buffalo University and he was offered a job at Bucknell University in the admissions Office. He later went to Syracuse University Post grad program in Sociology. Then took a job at Johns Hopkins and accepted a teaching position at Johns Hopkins University School of Health Services and The Instructors in the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical School where he produced instructional video for student teaching. He was an instructional designer and Director of Production at Meta Media in Germantown, Maryland where he oversaw and produced, designed and directed many interactive programs for many institutions & companies such as The World Bank, The Library of Congress, IBM, The United States Army and Navy, Calvert School in Baltimore. Chrysler, United Auto Workers and Sheet Metal Workers. Later he and his wife established their own company and developed similar programs and instructional optical media and a website www.eyewitnesstohistory.com. He married Laurie Gratton from Seneca Falls in 1965 and they have two Sons, Jonathan Scott, (Angelina Davis (age 12 & Walter Maxwell Davis age 8) who live in Houston Texas and) Christian, who lives in Geneva. They returned to Geneva after being away for 35 years in 2004. Jonathan was a great husband, father and grandfather. He grew up in Geneva and was delighted when they moved back after 35 years. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.