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Ina Mae Watkins

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Ina Mae Watkins

Birth
Lawrence County, Illinois, USA
Death
8 Sep 1982 (aged 81)
Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Ina Mae Watkins, 81, 222 S. Jefferson, died Wednesday morning at home.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in Summers Funeral Home with Rev. Dwight Jones presiding. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. tonight. Burial will be in Crest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to the First United Methodist Church in Olney.
Mrs. Watkins was born May 28, 1901, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Aaron Edward and Phoebe Jane (McCausland) Shaw. She married Ralph B. Watkins May 6, 1922 and he preceded her in death in July 1961.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Olney.
Survivors include three sons, George, Noble; John, Granby, Conn.; Lee, Noble; three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Betty) McLeary, Bloomington; Mr. Lester (Lela Mae) Sterchi, Dundas; Mrs. Kenneth (Leota) Travers, Olney; a sister, Mrs. Herman (Edna) Leathers, Olney; 19 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; and two sisters.
Obituary from Olney Daily Mail.
Ina Mae Watkins, 81, 222 S. Jefferson, died Wednesday morning at home.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Friday in Summers Funeral Home with Rev. Dwight Jones presiding. Visitation will be 7-9 p.m. tonight. Burial will be in Crest Haven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Memorials can be made to the First United Methodist Church in Olney.
Mrs. Watkins was born May 28, 1901, in Lawrence County, the daughter of Aaron Edward and Phoebe Jane (McCausland) Shaw. She married Ralph B. Watkins May 6, 1922 and he preceded her in death in July 1961.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Olney.
Survivors include three sons, George, Noble; John, Granby, Conn.; Lee, Noble; three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Betty) McLeary, Bloomington; Mr. Lester (Lela Mae) Sterchi, Dundas; Mrs. Kenneth (Leota) Travers, Olney; a sister, Mrs. Herman (Edna) Leathers, Olney; 19 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; and two sisters.
Obituary from Olney Daily Mail.


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53482294/ina_mae-watkins: accessed ), memorial page for Ina Mae Watkins (28 May 1901–8 Sep 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53482294, citing Crest Haven Memorial Park, Claremont, Richland County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by B Pipher (contributor 47211947).