Robert Dale WATT

WATT, WESCOTT, GRANAU, ACKERMAN, KORTH, LARUE, WIARDA

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/31/2015 at 15:45:38

October 21, 1918 -- January 16, 2015

A funeral service for Robert (Bob) Watt, 96 of Milford was held Jan. 20, 2015, at Turner Jenness Funeral Home in Milford. Interment was at Milford Cemetery.

Robert (Bob) Dale Watt was born Oct. 21, 1918, in Wright County, Vernon Township, Dows, Iowa. He was the son of George Herbert (Bert) and Stella Wescott Watt. He was their middle child having an older sister, Ruth Granau and a younger sister, Mable Ackerman. He graduated from Popejoy High School in 1935. On March 10, 1947, he married Irene Bernadine Korth LaRue in Clear Lake. They had two sons, Steve and Jim, who joined Irene's daughter Norene from her previous marriage. The couple made their home near Dows where they farmed and milked cows. In 1963, they moved to a farm north of Armstrong where they farmed and raised their family until they retired in 1984. After retiring they moved to Milford where they could be closer to the family. Bob enjoyed gardening, playing bingo, fishing, raising flowers and spending time with their children and grandchildren.

Bob passed away on Jan. 16, 2015, at the Milford Nursing Center in Milford at 96 years of age. He is survived by his sons, Steve (Patricia) Watt of Estherville, and Jim (Wendy) Watt of Milford; son-in-law, Marlin Wiarda of Hampton, Nebraska; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; two sisters and an infant brother; daughter, Norene. Turner Jenness Funeral Home of Milford was in charge of the arrangements.

Dickinson County News - Spirit Lake, Iowa
January 28, 2015