WATSON, Abby M.: Died 1982

WATSON, SNEATH, YOUNG

Posted By: Volunteer: Sherri
Date: 2/13/2018 at 09:59:58

**Handwritten: 1982

Mrs. Watson rites Tuesday

STOCKPORT - Funeral services for Abby M. Watson, 90, of Stockport, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Big Cedar Christian Church with the Rev. David Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Spencer Cemetery northeast of Stockport. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at Behner Funeral Home.

Mrs. Watson died Friday evening at Jefferson County Hospital after being a patient for one day.

She was born Oct. 17, 1891 in Hillsboro, the daughter of Charles G. and Mary Sneath Young. She married Lester C. Watson on July 15, 1914 at Mt. Pleasant. He died Aug. 2, 1964.

Surviving are two sons, Donald C. Watson of Twin Falls, Idaho, Kenneth W. of Stockport; four grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Her parents, one daughter, a brother and a sister preceded her in death.

Mrs. Watson was affiliated with the Big Cedar Christian Church.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogial Society Obituary Book J, Page 117, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA