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Beatrice Watson


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Mrs. Beatrice Watson (UPCCEM, Sept. 1936)

Carbon Cemetery Record

Watson, Beatrice
Grave: 71
Monument: "1892-1936 In Loving Memory”
Source 1: CCA nee Smith; husband Spencer interred in Hanna.
Note: The community of Hanna was saddened by the sudden death of Mrs. Beatrice Watson who succumbed to pneumonia on August 3, after a week’s illness. Mrs. Watson was born in Carbon, November 1, 1892, and came with her parents to Hanna in 1903. The deceased (whose maiden name was Beatrice Smith) was married to Jack Spencer on February 1, 1921. This marriage was of short duration as Mr. Spencer met with an accident and died in March. She was later married in 1925 to Everett Watson, living in Denver for a while, then moving to Hanna where she has resided since. She leaves to mourn her passing a son, Lynwood, and daughter, Bernice Watson; also two brothers (Lynwood and Norman Smith) besides other relatives and a host of friends for she was a friend of all.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist Church on August 5 with Rev. W.P. Wood officiating. The Pythian Sisters of which order Mrs. Watson was a member also held their services in the church. Interment was made in Carbon cemetery.  (UPCCEM, September 1936)

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