Dateline: Great Bend, Kansas

Name of Deceased: Marge M. Watkins                                              Age: 93

Date of Death:  went to be with the Lord January 8, 2015

Place of Death: Almost Home, Inc., Great Bend, Kansas

Date of Birth: August 30, 1921 at Dodge City, Kansas

Parents Name: Fred & Anna May (Lewis) Cummins

 

OBITUARY INFORMATION

She married Henry F. Watkins October 3, 1938 at Dodge City, Kansas.  He died February 25, 1991.

She and her husband owned Westlawn Salvage until 1956 when they moved to Great Bend. They then opened their new business, A & A Iron & Metal.

She was a member of Grace Community Church, Great Bend. She loved fishing, hunting, gardening, bowling, and bingo.

 

SURVIVORS

one son: Michael O. Watkins and his wife Dixie of Great Bend, KS

one daughter: Judith M. Turnbull and her husband James L. of South Hutchinson, KS

three grandchildren: Jeffrey Watkins, Craig Watkins, and Stacey Keas

nine great-grandchildren: Evan Watkins, Lane Watkins, Jack Watkins, Emory Watkins, Devin Watkins, Cooper Watkins, Seth Keas, Jared Keas, and Amy Keas

 

She was preceded in death by five brothers, William M. Cummins, Freddie H. Cummins, Frankie B. Cummins, George R. Cummins, and Harry L. Cummins, and three sisters, Josephine Warfield, Estella Knobbe, and Bessie May Boyle.

 

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Time of Service: 10:00 a.m.

Place of Service: Bryant Funeral Home

Officiant: Pastor Tom Swain

Interment: 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at Greencrest Memorial Gardens, Dodge City, Kansas

Visitation:  9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Bryant Funeral Home

Memorial Fund: Golden Belt Humane Society or Almost Home, Inc., in care of Bryant Funeral Home

 

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net

                      Arrangements by    Bryant Funeral Home
1425 Patton Road       Great Bend, Kansas                      67530