Frank Allen WATTS

WATTS, MORRELL, SHANLEY, NELSON, KARR, LESTER, STEWART, RANDALL, GEORGE, CRISPIN, OLSON, TYNDALLTINDALL, BARNES, RUSSELL, FULGHUM, ROSENKILD, LEAMAN, SIEDEL

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Date: 4/20/2011 at 21:38:07

Obituary ~ Frank Allen Watts

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 16, 1954

Death Notices

WATTS, Frank Allen, 79, of 417 3rd S.W., died at a Mason City nursing home at 12:20 p.m. Friday following an illness. Funeral services will be held at2 p.m. Monday at the McAuley and Son Chapel, with the Rev. R. L. WILLIAMS, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating. I.O.O.F. services will be held at the chapel under the direction of Howard NELSON, noble grand. interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 16, 1954

Frank Watts Service to Be Monday

Funeral services for Frank Allen WATTS, 79, 417 3rd S.W., who died at a Mason City nursing home Friday following an illness, will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the McAuley and Son Chapel, with the Rev. R. L. WILLIAMS, pastof of the First Christian Church, oficiating.

IOOF services will be held at the chapel under the direction of Howard NELSON, noble grand. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.

Mr. WATTS was born Oct. 28, 1874, in Kensington, Kans., son of Fred and Morraine MORRELL WATTS. He grew to manhood there and moved to Iwconsin in 1894. He was married to Edith SHANLEY at Lancaster, Wis., March 24, 1897.

They made their first home on a farm near Lancaster and in 1903 moved to Mason City. He had lived here about 50 years and was a retired carpenter. Mr. WATTS also was a member of the First Christian Church and IOOF Lodge 224.

Surviving are three daughters, Lorena KARR and Mrs. Albert LESTER, Mason City, Mrs. Iva STEWART, Oakland, Calif., and four sons, Donald E. WATTS, Mason City; Lester E. WATTS, Corning, Calif.; Lloyd WATTS, Minneapolis, and Clarence WATTS, Pasadena, Calif., 15 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Two brothers, Oscar, Granitville, Kans., and Lester, Park Ridge, N.J., also survive.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
January 18, 1954

Frank Watts Service Held at Chapel

Funeral services for Frank Allen WATTS, 79, who died Friday following an illness, were held Monday afternoon at the McAuley and Son Chapel, with the Rev. R. L. WILLIAMS, pastor of the First Christian Church, officiating.

Odd Fellow services were held at the chapel wit the burial degree staff in charge, consisting of Gilbert RANDALL, noble grand, and Leo GEORGE, chaplin.

Mrs. Wallace ALLEN played a program ofobsequial music on the organ. Mrs. Ray CRISPIN and MRs. Ora OLSON were in charge of flowers.

Members of the IOOF Lodge 224 attended the services under the direction of Howard NELSON, noble grand.

Also attending the services from out of the city were Lloyd WATTS, Minneapolis, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen TYNDALL [TINDALL?], Postville.

Pallbearers were Charles SIEDEL, Ira LEAMAN,Ivan BARNES, Harry RUSSELL, Harold ROSENKILD and Willard FULGHUM. Interment was at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Submissions and photograph by Julie Watts, April of 2011

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