Marie Annick "Nicki" Davis, of Urbana, Illinois, died at her home on Friday, September 1, 2017. She was 96 years old. Nicki was born in Saint-Lunaire, France, in August 1921 to Aubrey Charles Stanhope and Paulette Bordier du Raincy. She was raised in France by her grandparents after the early death of her mother, and earned a masters degree in English from l'UniversitAC. de Rennes. She lived in Occupied France during the Second World War and worked secretly with a unit of La RAC.sistance while she was at the university, sending information on enemy numbers and troop positions to the British; she was imprisoned by the Nazi regime for a time. After the war she worked in Paris as a translator for the American military. Nicki married Lt-Col Richard D. "Dave" Davis, USAF; they had three children. Through her husband's postings she lived in Germany, Japan, and many parts of the United States. Nicki earned a second masters degree, in French literature, from Florida State University. Dave died in 1977, several years after they had moved to Urbana where he taught meteorology at Chanute AFB. Nicki worked as a Pastoral Associate in the chaplain's office at Mercy Hospital, where she helped create the hospice program. In later life she enjoyed spending summers at a house she bought in Saint-Lunaire, near where she had been born and which always remained her favorite place. She died peacefully in her own home, with family present, as she wished. She is survived by sons John, Christopher (Nora) and Derek, as well as several grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be held in St. Patrick's Church, Urbana, at 11:00 on Wednesday, September 13. Memorial donations may be sent in her name to Catholic Charities.