Mr. Watts, 74, 1201 Myrtle Ave., died at 1:38 a.m. May 13, 1991, in
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after a brief illness.
Mr. Watts retired from farming in 1980 and lived in Lebanon until 1990.
He was a member of and served on the board of Faith Wesleyan Church.
He attended school in Casey, Illinois.
He was born April 12, 1917, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Ernest and Ethel Houser Watts. He married Helen Irene Lashbrook in Casey, Illinois on December 22, 1938, and she survives.
Also surviving are a son, Ernest of Lebanon; five daughters, Joan Strong of Lafayette, Wanda Hampton and Shirley Edens of Lebanon, Betty Van Sickle of Whitestown, and Patricia Helton of Indianapolis; two sisters, Lorene Patrick of Casey, and Veretta Henderson of Greenup, Illinois; two brothers, Charles of Missouri and James Sloat of Kansas, Illinois; 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson.
The Rev. Walter Wilson will officiate services.
Burial will be in Lincoln Memory Gardens, Zionsville.
Mr. Watts, 74, 1201 Myrtle Ave., died at 1:38 a.m. May 13, 1991, in
St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, after a brief illness.
Mr. Watts retired from farming in 1980 and lived in Lebanon until 1990.
He was a member of and served on the board of Faith Wesleyan Church.
He attended school in Casey, Illinois.
He was born April 12, 1917, in Battle Creek, Michigan, to Ernest and Ethel Houser Watts. He married Helen Irene Lashbrook in Casey, Illinois on December 22, 1938, and she survives.
Also surviving are a son, Ernest of Lebanon; five daughters, Joan Strong of Lafayette, Wanda Hampton and Shirley Edens of Lebanon, Betty Van Sickle of Whitestown, and Patricia Helton of Indianapolis; two sisters, Lorene Patrick of Casey, and Veretta Henderson of Greenup, Illinois; two brothers, Charles of Missouri and James Sloat of Kansas, Illinois; 20 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson.
The Rev. Walter Wilson will officiate services.
Burial will be in Lincoln Memory Gardens, Zionsville.
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