Anna Lee Davis Sievertson, 88, passed away on January 24, 2026. She was born on November 3, 1937 in Montgomery, West Virginia, to the late Thomas Ewell and Anna Dean Spangler Davis. She lived most of her young life in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where she became an accomplished pianist.
Anna was a graduate of Fayetteville High School and the preparatory department of Mason College of Music and Fine Arts in Charleston, West Virginia. She was a member of the Fayetteville High School Band and a majorette for three years, a member of the National Honor Society, Worthy Advisor of the International Order of Rainbows for Girls, and President of the Fayetteville Methodist Church Youth Fellowship.
She graduated from West Virginia University in June 1959 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education, majoring in organ; she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority.
She married John F. Sievertson on August 15, 1959, and began a 30-year career with her husband in the United States Air Force. Throughout his career she supported her husband as a loyal and devoted homemaker while raising three children, continued her interest in music by teaching organ and piano privately in Aurora, Colorado, Yuba City, Marysville, Beale Air Force Base, and Fairfield, California; O’Fallon, Illinois, and Lorton, Virginia; and professionally as the organist at Montclair Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado, Sosville Music Company in Yuba City, and the Main Chapel at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, home of the 89th Airlift Wing and Air Force One. She was a charter member of the Woodbridge, Virginia, Music Club. In addition, she gained recognition and appreciation for her many hours of volunteer service to various Officers’ Wives’ Clubs, Thrift Shops, Family Service Organizations, and The American Red Cross, which presented her with a Certificate of Appreciation for Exemplary Leadership and Service while Chairman of Red Cross Volunteers, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey.
She was a member of Saint George Episcopal Church, The Villages, Florida. Previously, as a member of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Fort Worth, Texas, where her husband was Parish Administrator, she was Treasurer of Saint Hilda’s Guild, a member of the Altar Guild, and a Choir Mother.
A profound reader with a deep love of history books and mystery novels, often finishing one each week throughout her life.
She was a fervent sports enthusiast, particularly of the Cincinnati Reds, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, the University of Connecticut (UConn) Women’s Basketball, and, of course, the West Virginia University Mountaineers. She loved to travel and to attend professional men’s and women’s golf tournaments throughout the mainland United States and Hawaii.
She was preceded in death by her youngest daughter, Jennifer Marie Sievertson, and is survived by her husband Brigadier General John F. Sievertson, USAF (Ret); two children: Anne Mallorie DiMeglio, Ocala, Florida; and John Davis Sievertson, Carlsbad, California; and three grandchildren: Jonathan and Brandon DiMeglio, and Anna Malia Sievertson, named after her Grandmother Anna Lee Sievertson.
In lieu of flowers, one may consider a memorial donation in honor of Anna Lee Davis Sievertson To the University of Charleston, 2300 MacCorkle Avenue SE, Charleston, WV 25304, where Anna learned to play the piano at the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts. Telephone: 304-357-4734 or 800-995-4682; or to Saint George Episcopal Church, 1250 Paige Place, Lady Lake, FL 32159, telephone 352-750-1010.
