Bernard Lee Watson, 84, longtime area resident, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at his home in Fort Morgan.
Burial will be in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
Memorial service information and the complete obituary will be in a later addition of the Fort Morgan Times.
The, Heer & Dahl Mortuary in Fort Morgan is in charge of the arrangements.
Fort Morgan Times
December 6, 2011
Railroad conductor Bernard Watson, Fort Morgan, Colorado reached the end of the line when he peacefully passed at his home surrounded by his family. He was a devoted husband who received pleasure and satisfaction providing for his wife and the mother of his children, Beverly.
His parents, Edwin Watson and Eliza Drew, brought him into the world at Womer, Kansas, the fourth child and third son. His early years were spent in Womer helping on the farm and learning to milk a cow before he could walk. Surviving the Great Depression required resourcefulness and hard work, perhaps this is the reason he had a penchant for thrift and recycling. He told of the difficulties and lack of items during his childhood not with bitterness but with a historical reference that showed that family was a treasure above all things in this world.
After the family moved to Colorado, he milked cows before and after school on the dairy operated by his parents on Genesee Mountain and later Green Acres. He attended schools in Evergreen, Bear Creek, Golden and graduating from Littleton High School. An accomplished athlete, he twice made it to the Colorado High School State wrestling tournament. After graduation, Bernard began employment in the train service for the CB&Q railroad which was interrupted only when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He was onboard the first unit coal train that passed through Denver as conductor, was a crew member on the early Denver and California Zephyrs, and after 50 years was very proud to be the number 1 conductor on the national senority roster. When he changed employment to Amtrak passenger service, celebrities and public figures such as John Madden, Geraldine Ferraro, and Raymond Burr booked their tickets so they would be onboard when "Bud" was in charge of the train. He costarred as a railroad conductor with Charles Bronsen and Steven Segall in the films "Messenger of Death" and "Under Siege: Part 2". When he was not busy working on the railroad or costarring in Hollywood classics, he was a remarkable father of five, a loveable grandfather of eight and a wonderful great grandfather of two. He will surely be missed by his family, coworkers, and friends.
His family asks those who wish to memorialize Bernard Watson with a gift, contribute to the Bernard Watson Nazarene Endowment Fund, in care of the Heer & Dahl Mortuary, Fort Morgan.
A public memorial service to celebrate the life of Bernard Watson will be held Friday December 9, 2011 at 1:30, Morgan Church of the Nazarene, 7th and Meeker, Fort Morgan.
Burial will be in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
Memorial service information and the complete obituary will be in a later addition of the Fort Morgan Times.
The, Heer & Dahl Mortuary in Fort Morgan is in charge of the arrangements.
Fort Morgan Times
December 6, 2011
Railroad conductor Bernard Watson, Fort Morgan, Colorado reached the end of the line when he peacefully passed at his home surrounded by his family. He was a devoted husband who received pleasure and satisfaction providing for his wife and the mother of his children, Beverly.
His parents, Edwin Watson and Eliza Drew, brought him into the world at Womer, Kansas, the fourth child and third son. His early years were spent in Womer helping on the farm and learning to milk a cow before he could walk. Surviving the Great Depression required resourcefulness and hard work, perhaps this is the reason he had a penchant for thrift and recycling. He told of the difficulties and lack of items during his childhood not with bitterness but with a historical reference that showed that family was a treasure above all things in this world.
After the family moved to Colorado, he milked cows before and after school on the dairy operated by his parents on Genesee Mountain and later Green Acres. He attended schools in Evergreen, Bear Creek, Golden and graduating from Littleton High School. An accomplished athlete, he twice made it to the Colorado High School State wrestling tournament. After graduation, Bernard began employment in the train service for the CB&Q railroad which was interrupted only when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He was onboard the first unit coal train that passed through Denver as conductor, was a crew member on the early Denver and California Zephyrs, and after 50 years was very proud to be the number 1 conductor on the national senority roster. When he changed employment to Amtrak passenger service, celebrities and public figures such as John Madden, Geraldine Ferraro, and Raymond Burr booked their tickets so they would be onboard when "Bud" was in charge of the train. He costarred as a railroad conductor with Charles Bronsen and Steven Segall in the films "Messenger of Death" and "Under Siege: Part 2". When he was not busy working on the railroad or costarring in Hollywood classics, he was a remarkable father of five, a loveable grandfather of eight and a wonderful great grandfather of two. He will surely be missed by his family, coworkers, and friends.
His family asks those who wish to memorialize Bernard Watson with a gift, contribute to the Bernard Watson Nazarene Endowment Fund, in care of the Heer & Dahl Mortuary, Fort Morgan.
A public memorial service to celebrate the life of Bernard Watson will be held Friday December 9, 2011 at 1:30, Morgan Church of the Nazarene, 7th and Meeker, Fort Morgan.
Bernard Lee Watson, 84, longtime area resident, died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, at his home in Fort Morgan.
Burial will be in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
Memorial service information and the complete obituary will be in a later addition of the Fort Morgan Times.
The, Heer & Dahl Mortuary in Fort Morgan is in charge of the arrangements.
Fort Morgan Times
December 6, 2011
Railroad conductor Bernard Watson, Fort Morgan, Colorado reached the end of the line when he peacefully passed at his home surrounded by his family. He was a devoted husband who received pleasure and satisfaction providing for his wife and the mother of his children, Beverly.
His parents, Edwin Watson and Eliza Drew, brought him into the world at Womer, Kansas, the fourth child and third son. His early years were spent in Womer helping on the farm and learning to milk a cow before he could walk. Surviving the Great Depression required resourcefulness and hard work, perhaps this is the reason he had a penchant for thrift and recycling. He told of the difficulties and lack of items during his childhood not with bitterness but with a historical reference that showed that family was a treasure above all things in this world.
After the family moved to Colorado, he milked cows before and after school on the dairy operated by his parents on Genesee Mountain and later Green Acres. He attended schools in Evergreen, Bear Creek, Golden and graduating from Littleton High School. An accomplished athlete, he twice made it to the Colorado High School State wrestling tournament. After graduation, Bernard began employment in the train service for the CB&Q railroad which was interrupted only when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He was onboard the first unit coal train that passed through Denver as conductor, was a crew member on the early Denver and California Zephyrs, and after 50 years was very proud to be the number 1 conductor on the national senority roster. When he changed employment to Amtrak passenger service, celebrities and public figures such as John Madden, Geraldine Ferraro, and Raymond Burr booked their tickets so they would be onboard when "Bud" was in charge of the train. He costarred as a railroad conductor with Charles Bronsen and Steven Segall in the films "Messenger of Death" and "Under Siege: Part 2". When he was not busy working on the railroad or costarring in Hollywood classics, he was a remarkable father of five, a loveable grandfather of eight and a wonderful great grandfather of two. He will surely be missed by his family, coworkers, and friends.
His family asks those who wish to memorialize Bernard Watson with a gift, contribute to the Bernard Watson Nazarene Endowment Fund, in care of the Heer & Dahl Mortuary, Fort Morgan.
A public memorial service to celebrate the life of Bernard Watson will be held Friday December 9, 2011 at 1:30, Morgan Church of the Nazarene, 7th and Meeker, Fort Morgan.
Burial will be in the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver.
Memorial service information and the complete obituary will be in a later addition of the Fort Morgan Times.
The, Heer & Dahl Mortuary in Fort Morgan is in charge of the arrangements.
Fort Morgan Times
December 6, 2011
Railroad conductor Bernard Watson, Fort Morgan, Colorado reached the end of the line when he peacefully passed at his home surrounded by his family. He was a devoted husband who received pleasure and satisfaction providing for his wife and the mother of his children, Beverly.
His parents, Edwin Watson and Eliza Drew, brought him into the world at Womer, Kansas, the fourth child and third son. His early years were spent in Womer helping on the farm and learning to milk a cow before he could walk. Surviving the Great Depression required resourcefulness and hard work, perhaps this is the reason he had a penchant for thrift and recycling. He told of the difficulties and lack of items during his childhood not with bitterness but with a historical reference that showed that family was a treasure above all things in this world.
After the family moved to Colorado, he milked cows before and after school on the dairy operated by his parents on Genesee Mountain and later Green Acres. He attended schools in Evergreen, Bear Creek, Golden and graduating from Littleton High School. An accomplished athlete, he twice made it to the Colorado High School State wrestling tournament. After graduation, Bernard began employment in the train service for the CB&Q railroad which was interrupted only when he was drafted into the Army during the Korean War. He was onboard the first unit coal train that passed through Denver as conductor, was a crew member on the early Denver and California Zephyrs, and after 50 years was very proud to be the number 1 conductor on the national senority roster. When he changed employment to Amtrak passenger service, celebrities and public figures such as John Madden, Geraldine Ferraro, and Raymond Burr booked their tickets so they would be onboard when "Bud" was in charge of the train. He costarred as a railroad conductor with Charles Bronsen and Steven Segall in the films "Messenger of Death" and "Under Siege: Part 2". When he was not busy working on the railroad or costarring in Hollywood classics, he was a remarkable father of five, a loveable grandfather of eight and a wonderful great grandfather of two. He will surely be missed by his family, coworkers, and friends.
His family asks those who wish to memorialize Bernard Watson with a gift, contribute to the Bernard Watson Nazarene Endowment Fund, in care of the Heer & Dahl Mortuary, Fort Morgan.
A public memorial service to celebrate the life of Bernard Watson will be held Friday December 9, 2011 at 1:30, Morgan Church of the Nazarene, 7th and Meeker, Fort Morgan.
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