Husband of Wilma Sharp
Son of Israel Ezra Watson and Fronia Roseltha Follett
W.F. WATSON
TWIN FALLS - William Follett Watson, 63, Twin Falls, died Thursday morning at Twin Falls Clinic Hospital after a heart attack at his home.
Born Aug. 20, 1911, in Virginia, Idaho, he spent his youth in Rupert and Buhl and attended schools in Hazelton.
He moved to Salt Lake City in 1935 where he was employed in the trucking business. He married Marie Tillotson of McCammon on April 7, 1936 in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Watson died in 1964.
Following their marriage, the Watsons moved to Hazelton and later to Twin Falls. He was employed by Consolidated Freightlines for 30 years prior to retiring in 1972 in Salt Lake City.
He married Wilma Sharp in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 18, 1967. Since 1973 they had lived in Buhl and Twin Falls.
Mr. Watson was a member of the LDS Church and Teamsters Union.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn (Joe) Ulrich, St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Sandra (Mike) Broadweater, Coeur d' Alene; two sons, Ron and Larry Watson, both Twin Falls; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Judy (Larry) Watson, Twin Falls, one stepson, Gary Sharp, St. Louis, and 14 grandchildren.
He also is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Norma (Norman) Barry, Jerome; Mrs. Pearl (Robert) Rayl Jr. and Mrs. Dorothy (Darrel) Howard, both Twin Falls and Mrs. Greta (Jack) Bowen, Omaha, Neb.; four brothers, Dean Watson, Twin Falls, Frank Watson, Portland, Ore., Milo Watson, Toquerville, Utah, and Wayne Watson, Paul.
He was preceded in death by one brother.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at White Mortuary Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the mortuary Saturday and until 10:30 a.m. Monday.
The family suggests memorials to the Heart Fund or Harbor House.
Printed in the Times-News, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, January 10, 1975
Husband of Wilma Sharp
Son of Israel Ezra Watson and Fronia Roseltha Follett
W.F. WATSON
TWIN FALLS - William Follett Watson, 63, Twin Falls, died Thursday morning at Twin Falls Clinic Hospital after a heart attack at his home.
Born Aug. 20, 1911, in Virginia, Idaho, he spent his youth in Rupert and Buhl and attended schools in Hazelton.
He moved to Salt Lake City in 1935 where he was employed in the trucking business. He married Marie Tillotson of McCammon on April 7, 1936 in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Watson died in 1964.
Following their marriage, the Watsons moved to Hazelton and later to Twin Falls. He was employed by Consolidated Freightlines for 30 years prior to retiring in 1972 in Salt Lake City.
He married Wilma Sharp in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 18, 1967. Since 1973 they had lived in Buhl and Twin Falls.
Mr. Watson was a member of the LDS Church and Teamsters Union.
Surviving besides his wife are two daughters, Mrs. Marilyn (Joe) Ulrich, St. Louis, Mo., and Mrs. Sandra (Mike) Broadweater, Coeur d' Alene; two sons, Ron and Larry Watson, both Twin Falls; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Judy (Larry) Watson, Twin Falls, one stepson, Gary Sharp, St. Louis, and 14 grandchildren.
He also is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Norma (Norman) Barry, Jerome; Mrs. Pearl (Robert) Rayl Jr. and Mrs. Dorothy (Darrel) Howard, both Twin Falls and Mrs. Greta (Jack) Bowen, Omaha, Neb.; four brothers, Dean Watson, Twin Falls, Frank Watson, Portland, Ore., Milo Watson, Toquerville, Utah, and Wayne Watson, Paul.
He was preceded in death by one brother.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at White Mortuary Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
Friends may call at the mortuary Saturday and until 10:30 a.m. Monday.
The family suggests memorials to the Heart Fund or Harbor House.
Printed in the Times-News, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho, January 10, 1975
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