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Orville and Bessie Davis with their three grown children.
1997
Innisfail, Alberta

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In England, after he was wounded, Orville worked in the military post office. He couldn't have asked for a better job. The soldiers could generally tell the end of the war was near. On the day the war ended he was in the post office and was told he could go home; he threw down the letters in his hand for the final time. He was in the army for a grand total of 3 years and 57 days.

The day the war was over was the only time Orville drank in his life; it was the only occasion he thought was worth it. The next day he didn't know up from down.

When the soldiers were back in Canada on the train going home, the officials had a hard time getting men back on train whenever they stopped: various things kept luring them off the train, such as items in the stores that they hadn't seen for years. He came back to Innisfail and married Bessie after being discharged from the military.

At one point after the war, they had 800 acres of farmland. Orville farmed with his parents for awhile after returning from war. Bessie and Orville moved to Chilliwack after they farmed outside of Innisfail for a considerable amount of time, and lived there 26 years. They moved back to Innisfail when Orville's health was failing so they could be near their kids. The Davis' had one girl and two boys: one son lives in Innisfail, one son lives in Rocky Mountain House, and their daughter is currently farming south of Spruce View.