Gertie Louise Watson Brunkest of Livermore, California died Tuesday in Stockton, California. She was 76.
Mrs. Brunkest was born March 31, 1924, in Shawnee to Bart and Ella Wood Watson. She attended school at Centerpoint and Bethel and was a 1942 graduate of Bethel High School.
She lived in Modesto, California most of her life, moving to Livermore in 1992. She was a retired district manager for Montgomery Ward and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her daughters, Beverly Harris and Pam Poco, both of Livermore; sisters, Addie Smith of Shawnee and Kozelhua Young of Tecumseh; brothers, Harold Watson, Ivory Watson and Jackie Watson, all of Tecumseh; three grandchildren, Debbie Lohs, Scott Wilkerson and Chenoah Shell and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Oma Arms, Ruth Williams and Dovie Thomas and three brothers, Frank Watson, Wayne Watson and Raymond Watson.
Burial in Hopewell Cemetery.
{Published in the Shawnee News Star Friday, April 7, 2000}
Mrs. Brunkest was born March 31, 1924, in Shawnee to Bart and Ella Wood Watson. She attended school at Centerpoint and Bethel and was a 1942 graduate of Bethel High School.
She lived in Modesto, California most of her life, moving to Livermore in 1992. She was a retired district manager for Montgomery Ward and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her daughters, Beverly Harris and Pam Poco, both of Livermore; sisters, Addie Smith of Shawnee and Kozelhua Young of Tecumseh; brothers, Harold Watson, Ivory Watson and Jackie Watson, all of Tecumseh; three grandchildren, Debbie Lohs, Scott Wilkerson and Chenoah Shell and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Oma Arms, Ruth Williams and Dovie Thomas and three brothers, Frank Watson, Wayne Watson and Raymond Watson.
Burial in Hopewell Cemetery.
{Published in the Shawnee News Star Friday, April 7, 2000}
Gertie Louise Watson Brunkest of Livermore, California died Tuesday in Stockton, California. She was 76.
Mrs. Brunkest was born March 31, 1924, in Shawnee to Bart and Ella Wood Watson. She attended school at Centerpoint and Bethel and was a 1942 graduate of Bethel High School.
She lived in Modesto, California most of her life, moving to Livermore in 1992. She was a retired district manager for Montgomery Ward and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her daughters, Beverly Harris and Pam Poco, both of Livermore; sisters, Addie Smith of Shawnee and Kozelhua Young of Tecumseh; brothers, Harold Watson, Ivory Watson and Jackie Watson, all of Tecumseh; three grandchildren, Debbie Lohs, Scott Wilkerson and Chenoah Shell and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Oma Arms, Ruth Williams and Dovie Thomas and three brothers, Frank Watson, Wayne Watson and Raymond Watson.
Burial in Hopewell Cemetery.
{Published in the Shawnee News Star Friday, April 7, 2000}
Mrs. Brunkest was born March 31, 1924, in Shawnee to Bart and Ella Wood Watson. She attended school at Centerpoint and Bethel and was a 1942 graduate of Bethel High School.
She lived in Modesto, California most of her life, moving to Livermore in 1992. She was a retired district manager for Montgomery Ward and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include her daughters, Beverly Harris and Pam Poco, both of Livermore; sisters, Addie Smith of Shawnee and Kozelhua Young of Tecumseh; brothers, Harold Watson, Ivory Watson and Jackie Watson, all of Tecumseh; three grandchildren, Debbie Lohs, Scott Wilkerson and Chenoah Shell and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Oma Arms, Ruth Williams and Dovie Thomas and three brothers, Frank Watson, Wayne Watson and Raymond Watson.
Burial in Hopewell Cemetery.
{Published in the Shawnee News Star Friday, April 7, 2000}
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