Carlotta Jane Reusser Davis of Mission, KS was born December 1, 1943 to Norman Carl Reusser and Kathryn Wallace Kavanaugh Reusser in Boonville, Missouri. Jane grew up in Prairie Village, Kansas, and attended Shawnee Mission East. She had a group of classmates with whom she remained close during her lifetime.

As a child, she loved frequently visiting her grandparents in Versailles and Jamestown, Missouri and would go on the train with her sister to stay for weeks at a time. She attended the University of Kansas, graduating with a degree in education. She was a member of Chi Omega. After college, she taught junior high school in Raytown, Missouri, and Livonia, Michigan, for several years.

Jane married John C. Davis in 1966, and they lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while he attended law school. In 1968 they moved to Prairie Village. They lived in a Don Drummond built home, and she loved the Drummond-style architecture. Jane especially enjoyed participating with neighbors in a Saturday morning grocery co-op buying vegetables at the City Market and dividing them up among the participants and in hosting, with three neighbors, parties on the Fourth of July. Their children, Tracy and Matthew, were born during this time.

After moving to Mission Hills, Kansas, in 1976, Jane considered becoming a medical doctor, and she attended Johnson County Community College to take science prerequisites and commented that being in class with younger students was lots of fun. She decided not to accept a place in medical school and, instead, focused her energies on her family and extensive volunteer work. She especially enjoyed volunteering for the Kansas City Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Jane also worked part time at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Demarche & Associates, and Miller Marley Dance Studio. She liked any job where she could talk to people.

After moving to Kennett Place in 2014, she made new friends and continued to be active in her church, the Village Presbyterian Church, and as a member of the UMKC Herman Johnson Scholarship Committee, and was an active book club member, even on Zoom meetings.

Jane and John hosted through People To People foreign military officers and their families, meeting families from Tunisia, Switzerland, Belgium and France. Jane enjoyed getting to know people from around the world and visiting them. In 1980, they visited their families in Tunisia and Switzerland, and Jane always said it was her best travel experience ever. She loved traveling, and more recently visiting and keeping in touch with artists and friends who are Hopi.