Winnetka G. Watts

WATTS, HANSEN, JOHNSON, KNAFLA, FERREN

Posted By: Jean Wenke
Date: 1/27/2009 at 18:43:07

Funeral services for Mrs. Winnetka G. Watts, 84, Fairfield, who died Friday, December 3, 1982 at Jefferson County Hospital were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 7 at the Behner Funeral Home, Fairfield, with Rev. Carl B. Riggs officiating. Burial was in Bonaparte Cemetery.

She was deputy auditor for Van Buren County for five years and deputy auditor of Jefferson County for 10 years.

She was born August 27, 1898 at Boone, to Gus and Alma Johnson Hansen. She married Leslie Watts, November 7, 1923 at Bonaparte.

Reared in Boone, she attended Fairfield public schools and Parsons College. She was a 50 year member of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of First United Presbyterian Church, where a memorial has been established, and of PEO Chapter C and White Shrine.

Surviving are her husband; son, Carl A., Brighton, Michigan; daughter, Mary J. Knafla, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren; a sister, Elizabeth Ferren, Evanston, Illinois.
From Dec. 9, 1982 Leader-Record