ANDERSON, Lena: Died 1981

ANDERSON, WATSON, HAMMANS, TOMKINS, CAMPBELL, WESTERCAMP, YARNELL

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 20:44:16

**Handwritten: VBR 19 NOV 1981

Obituary
LENA ANDERSON

Lena Watson Anderson, 88, died at 9:30 a.m. October 26, 1981 in Van Buren County Memorial Hospital in Keosauqua.

She was born December 11, 1892, in Keokuk, to George and Mary Hammans Tomkins. She married Orla Watson on Novembe3r 24, 1909, in Salem. He died May 17, 1952. She married Clark L. Anderson on Nov. 5, 1961. He died April 16, 1970. She was a member of Stockport United Methodist Church and the Legion Auxiliary.

Survivors: sons Elvin Watson of Stockport and Everett Watson of Fairfield; daughters, Velma Campbell of Keosauqua, and Crystal Westercamp of Fairfield; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a brother, Carl Tomkins of Stockport. There were four stepchildren, Meda Yarnell, Daryl Anderson, Wendell Anderson and one deceased, Milo Anderson.

Services: 11 a.m. October 28, 1981 at her church, the Rev. David R. Kennedy officiating. Burial: Hickory Grove Cemetery northeast of Stockport.

Memorial: to her church.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 45,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA