Carol Burger Davidson

Carol Burger Davidson

Cedar Rapids

Carol Burger Davidson, 91, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa died June 22, 2025, at her home under the care of her daughter, Julie, care giver, Kelly Hale and UnityPoint Hospice.

Carol was born in 1933 to her parents Robert Lambert Burger and Mabel Brogla Burger and raised in Iowa City. She graduated from Iowa City High School in 1951 and earned a B.A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1955. She was employed by the V.A. Hospital in Iowa City 1955-57. She and her family moved to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in 1957, then to Cedar Rapids in 1963. She lived in Marietta, Georgia 1986-2002, then returned to Cedar Rapids.

In Cedar Rapids, Carol worked as an associate at Kennedy High School 1974-78, and training representative at Norand Corporation 1978-1986. In Georgia, she was a senior training representative for various companies, traveling 80% of the time to conduct onsite training on software systems for Forbes 500 Fortune Companies, major universities and school systems. She also worked part time for Field Services Inc. before returning to Iowa.

Carol was a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority (having held many offices in the Cedar Rapids Alumni Club Chapter), the University of Iowa Alumni Club; the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Thursday Noon Optimists Club in Cedar Rapids and the Iowa City High School Alumni Club. She served on the Board of the Catholic Workers House in Cedar Rapids and was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids.

Carol was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert (Bud) Burger; stepbrothers Dick and Ed Watkinson, and her sisters Kathryn Branch and Dorothy Aistrop. She is survived by her daughter Julie; son Jeff: stepsister-in-law Donella Watkinson; and special stepnephew Dennis (Pat) Watkinson, and their children Kim and Turner.

Carol will be buried in a private ceremony at St Joseph's Cemetery in Iowa City, Iowa.