Sylvia Rosetta Watson 1959-2004

WATSON, SIMMONS, FREEMAN

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 1/6/2015 at 22:53:25

Sylvia Rosetta Watson, 45, of Burlington, died at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at her home.

Born August 5, 1959 in Chicago, she was the daughter of Clinton G. and Gertie Lee Simmons Freeman. On December 8, 1982, she married Wardell Watson in Chicago.

Mrs. Watson worked in the dietary department at St. Francis Hospital and Winegard Company.

She was a member of Jesus Christ Apostolic Temple in Burlington, where she attended Sunday school and worked in the kitchen and with the women's auxiliary and enjoyed singing in the church choir. She collected stuffed animals.

Survivors include her husband; five daughter, Rebecca Brown, Anna Fredericks, Arlene Watson and Aisha Curry, all of Burlington, and IQuitta Brown of Des Moines; three sons, Wardell Brown and Antavius Watson, both of Burlington, and Marlon Cross of Chicago; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Lee Simmons and Jeanette Tillman, both of Burlington; five brothers, Clinton G. Simmons of Burlington and Darnell, Herman, Sherman and Aaron Freeman, all of Chicago; her grandmother, Mary Lee Northington of Chicago; nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.

Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.
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