Mrs. Orpha Watkins, age 85, the widow of Otis A. Watkins and a lifelong resident of Richland County, passed away Saturday night at the Richland Memorial Hospital, following a long period of ill health.
The daughter of Elisha Metcalf and Rebecca Allen Metcalf, she was born on September 18, 1879.
Mrs. Watkins was an employee of the Olney Sanitarium Clinic and the Olney Sanitarium for a period of 19 years.
Her survivors are a son, Kenneth Watkins of Olney, and three
grandchildren. William Metcalf of Lincoln is her brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a son. A sister, Mrs. Gertrude Stacey preceded her in death in 1963.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home with Bro. Lyle Berry officiating. Interment will be in Haven Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Olney Daily Mail (IL)
The daughter of Elisha Metcalf and Rebecca Allen Metcalf, she was born on September 18, 1879.
Mrs. Watkins was an employee of the Olney Sanitarium Clinic and the Olney Sanitarium for a period of 19 years.
Her survivors are a son, Kenneth Watkins of Olney, and three
grandchildren. William Metcalf of Lincoln is her brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a son. A sister, Mrs. Gertrude Stacey preceded her in death in 1963.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home with Bro. Lyle Berry officiating. Interment will be in Haven Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Olney Daily Mail (IL)
Mrs. Orpha Watkins, age 85, the widow of Otis A. Watkins and a lifelong resident of Richland County, passed away Saturday night at the Richland Memorial Hospital, following a long period of ill health.
The daughter of Elisha Metcalf and Rebecca Allen Metcalf, she was born on September 18, 1879.
Mrs. Watkins was an employee of the Olney Sanitarium Clinic and the Olney Sanitarium for a period of 19 years.
Her survivors are a son, Kenneth Watkins of Olney, and three
grandchildren. William Metcalf of Lincoln is her brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a son. A sister, Mrs. Gertrude Stacey preceded her in death in 1963.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home with Bro. Lyle Berry officiating. Interment will be in Haven Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Olney Daily Mail (IL)
The daughter of Elisha Metcalf and Rebecca Allen Metcalf, she was born on September 18, 1879.
Mrs. Watkins was an employee of the Olney Sanitarium Clinic and the Olney Sanitarium for a period of 19 years.
Her survivors are a son, Kenneth Watkins of Olney, and three
grandchildren. William Metcalf of Lincoln is her brother.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a son. A sister, Mrs. Gertrude Stacey preceded her in death in 1963.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Memorial Chapel of the Summers-Rainey Funeral Home with Bro. Lyle Berry officiating. Interment will be in Haven Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Olney Daily Mail (IL)
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