WATKINS, Mame 1881 - 1968

WATKINS, CLEASBY, NEWMAN

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/8/2006 at 19:04:40

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Friday, July 5, 1968
Page 8, Column 3

STOCKPORT. Mrs. Sam H. WATKINS, 86, Stockport, died Thurs. at Van Buren Memorial Hospital in Keosaqua. Catcott Funeral Home. Burial in Fell Cemetery at Libertyville.

The former Mame CLEASBY, Mrs. WATKINS was born Sept. 15, 1881, at Onslow. Family moved to Libertyville where she married Sam H. WATKINS in Oct., 1901. Her husband is president of the Iowa State Bank at Stockport. Member Methodist Church and OES.

Survived by husband and one daughter, Mrs. Mildred I. NEWMAN, Stockport. One son, two sisters and five brothers preceded her in death.

[Also posted to the Jones and Van Buren Counties' Obituaries boards]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).

Note: Mame is the wife of Samuel H. WATKINS, Jr., who died in 1972 and is buried with her.