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Submitted: 1/14/14 • Approved: 1/14/14 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R24171-G24171-S3
Rufus
March 10, 1882 - March 9, 1963
Ollie
June 9, 1982 - April 14, 1967
Orval
July 17, 1915 - August 13, 1942
Iola Register, March 9, 1963
Rufus O. Watson, 81, retired farmer, died this morning at the Allen County Hospital.
Born at Bronson, the son of D. A. and Orlena Watson, Mr. Watson farmed in Allen County and also followed the building trade until he retired. He was a member of the Woodmen of the World. He is survived by his wife of the home, 108 S. Third.
Services were held at Monday morning in the Waugh Funral Home. Burial was at the Bronson Cemetery.
Iola Register, April 14, 1967
Mrs. Olive Watson, 84, died last night at the McAtee Nursing Home.
Mrs. Watson was born at Bronson the daughter of Enoche and Sarah Jane Fox Baldwin. She was a telephone operator for a number of years. She and her husband, Rufus, were married April 17,1912 in Russell, KS. He died in 1963. They homesteaded at Two Buttes, Colorado, in 1916. They lived at Fort Myer, Florida, and Wichita before moving to Iola in 1935.
She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Rebekah Lodge.
Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Maude Nichelson and Mrs. George Hibbs, both of Yates Center.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Waugh Funeral Home. The Rev. P.M. Cowen will officiate and burial will be at Bronson.
The Bronson Pilot, August 14, 1942
David Orval, son of Rufus O. and Ollie Watson, was born July 17, 1915 at Bronson, Bourbon Co., Kansas.
When he was a year old he moved with his parents to eastern Colorado where they resided until 1925. They then moved to Dallas, Texas and resided there until the fall of 1930, moving then to Wichita where Orval attended the Meridian Avenue Baptist church. He was converted and baptised by Bro. Crookmore in 1931, and was a faithful worker in the church ever since he found the Lord.
He began working in the wing department of the Cessna Aircraft factory about eighteen months ago but recently he was able to work only a part of the time.
On Thursday, Aug. 6, he was stricken with partial paralysis and was taken to the Wesley hospital where a week later he was called home to his eternal reward.
Funeral services were held in Wichita and the body sent to the Bronson cemetery for burial. Here a group of friends gathered Saturday evening, August 15 to tender their sympathy and pay their respects, and a brief graveside service was held.
Contributed on 1/14/14 by evychristensen
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