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Katherine McDonald Davis Wimp was a third generation resident of Evanston, her grandfather migrating from Davenport, Iowa. Born in Evanston at Community Hospital, she was raised in Bushnell, IL before returning to Evanston upon entering High School and later, Northwestern’s music school. Her stage name was Kay Davis who was a vocalist for Duke Ellington for seven years and performed “On Turquois Cloud”, “Minnihaha”, “Brown Penny” and on “Nothing But the Blues”. She performed at Carnegie Hall. After retiring from music, she remarried, and started a catering business. Davis appeared in Shorefront Journal, Vol 7, No 3, 2006 written by Carrie Brown.