Dr. Lorelei Diane Davis passed away on Saturday, April 17, 2021, in Provo, Utah after a heroic, ten-year struggle against cancer. Her death was the result of liver disease caused by neuroendocrine tumors. Lorelei was born on August 19, 1962, in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Garold and Norma Davis. She was the fourth of five children in the Davis home. She grew up in Provo, Utah, where she attended Wasatch Elementary School, Farrer Jr. High School, and Provo High School. She won national honors as a member of the Provo High Debate Team, which she captained. She studied Zoology at Brigham Young University from 1980 to 1984, married, and went on to complete her Ph.D. in Genetics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where her first daughter, Fiona Aileen Davis-Harris, was born. After completing her PhD, Dr. Davis completed a post-doctoral research appointment at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, England, where her second daughter, Nora Grace Harris, was born. After returning to the United States, Lorelei took a research position at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. After a divorce from her husband, Lorelei single-handedly raised her daughters, Fiona and Nora, while supporting her family in a variety of professional positions, including AP Biology Teacher at Hathaway Brown School, Assistant Director Office of Technology Transfer at Cleveland Clinic, Partner and Vice President at Frantz Medical Ventures, Associate Director MSU Business-CONNECT at Michigan State University, and finally as Senior Manager of Business Development and Head of the Digital Innovation Accelerator program at KWS, an international agricultural research company headquartered in Einbeck, Germany. Lorelei was passionate about her work as a scientist and later as a manager who was skilled in both science and the business aspects of her work. Her bilingual abilities (both English/German and Scientist/Management) allowed her to facilitate communication and understanding between people of different perspectives, something that came naturally to her. She loved to travel - Germany, Japan, Greece, Brazil, Sweden, Austria, Alaska, London, and New York City were among her favorites. She loved to read good books and watch good films and TV. She loved to tend to a small community garden and insisted that she could not cook without fresh parsley. She loved the arts - musicals, plays, operas, museums, live music, and more. She was a skilled knitter, filling her closet with beautiful and cozy sweaters. She was political and progressive - she spoke out with a strong voice but focused on creating space for others. She was an environmentalist and a feminist. She was a good friend and built strong relationships across age groups. She always accepted people exactly as they were. She was fashionable and fun. But Lorelei's true passion was her daughters, Fiona and Nora. She was their mentor, their advocate, their champion, and their best friend. She was involved in their community as the President of the Shaker Youth Soccer Association, on the 2010 Shaker Heights High School Prom committee, and involved in the Cleveland Musical School Settlement Music Therapy program. She taught her daughters early to appreciate the arts - Friday night movie education followed by Saturday art classes at the Cleveland Art Museum. She fought bravely against the ravages of cancer for ten years, using every tool available to science and medicine to prolong her life so that she could ensure that her girls would be well cared for and so that she could spend every moment she possibly could with them and with other loved friends and family. Her daughters are truly her pride and joy. Lorelei is survived by her parents, Garold and Norma Davis of Provo, Utah; her daughters, Fiona Davis-Harris of Chardon, Ohio, and Nora Harris of Chicago, Illinois; her sister, Donnette Perkins, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; her brothers and their wives, William Davis and Kelly King of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jeffrey and Gay Davis of Talkeetna, Alaska, and Erik and Sarah Davis of Provo, Utah; and many beloved nieces and nephews. Her brother-in-law and friend, Michael Perkins, preceded her in death. A graveside service for family members will be held on Tuesday, April 20, at Eastlawn Memorial Hills Cemetery in Provo, Utah, and a virtual memorial will be held on May 1, 2021, at 11:00 AM Central Time (UTC -5). RSVP to the virtual memorial: bit.ly/lorimemorial Donations can be made to the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) in her name. https://ngcproject.org/donate