Willard H. (Bill) Watts (1908-2007)

WATTS, THOMAS, RHOADES, STANFORD, FRYLING, WASILEWSKI, FINK

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/21/2007 at 20:50:44

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, February 21, 2007.

Aug. 4, 1908-Feb. 19, 2007

Willard (Bill) H. Watts, 98, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 19, at Northcrest Health Care Center in Ames. A family memorial service is planned for a later date.

Willard (Bill) H. Watts was born Aug. 4, 1908, in Cleveland, to Isaac R. and Frances Thomas Watts. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University and earned a master's degree in bacteriology from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He married Grace Rhoades in 1934. Feb. 24 would have been their 73rd anniversary. They lived in Cleveland, and then 39 years in Bethesda, Md. In 1988, they moved to Northcrest Retirement Community in Ames to be near their daughter, Win, and her husband.

He is survived by two daughters, Winona (John) Stanford, of Ames, and Alice (Robert) Fryling, of Woodridge, Ill.; four grandchildren, Wendy Stanford (Jim) Wasilewski (sons David and Jonathan), of Barrington, Ill., Jim (Mary Ann) Stanford (son Andy), of East Lansing, Mich., Dorie Fryling (Steve) Fink (sons Nathan and Justin), of Iowa City, and Elisa Fryling (Eric) Stanford (daughter Eden), of Colorado Springs, Colo.

He was preceded in death eight days by his wife, Grace.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church, 516 Kellogg Ave., Ames, IA 50010, or to a tuition fund for disadvantaged minority children in southern China. For the tuition fund, checks (tax deductible) made out to The Mountain Goats may be sent in care of Bill's grandson, Jim Stanford, 1685 Burrows St. No. 66, East Lansing, MI 48823.

Stevens Memorial Chapel is assisting Willard's family.

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