PLACE OF BIRTH: Mineral Ridge, Trumbull County, Ohio
FATHER: Watkin Watkins
MOTHER: Belva Marie Price
SPOUSE: Jeanne Louise McNutt
DATE OF MARRIAGE: November 20, 1945
PLACE OF MARRIAGE:Treasure Island Naval Base, San Francisco, California, USA.
CHILDREN: Judith Ann, William John, James Richard, Janet Louise, Jennifer Irene
OCCUPATION: Steel Mill Worker
MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Navy, WWII ~ Pacific
EDUCATION: Wm. McKinley High School. Did not graduate.
RESIDED: Mineral Ridge, Ohio – 1924 – 1942, McDonald, Ohio 1948- 1955, Gustavus Twp., Ohio 1955 - 1987
DATE OF DEATH: June 14th, 1987
PLACE OF DEATH: Gustavus Twp. Trumbull County, Ohio
BURIAL: Gustavus Cemetery
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OBITUARY:
NILES DAILY TIMES
1987-06-16
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Jack Watkins, 62, of 4675 Davis Peck Rd., Farmdale, died of cancer at 5:20 p.m.at his residence after an extended illness.
Mr. Watkins was born Aug. 9,1924, in Mineral Ridge, a son of Watkin and Belva Price Watkins, and had lived in Gustavus Township 30 years coming from McDonald.
He was employed at Republic Steel in Niles for 27 years, retiring in 1974. He was a member of Gustavus Federated Church, a Navy veteran of World War II; and spent two years in the CCC
Besides his wife, the former Jeanne McNutt whom he married Nov. 20, 1945, he leaves three daughters, Mrs. James (Judy) Alexi of Lake Milton, and Mrs. Janet Hodges and Mrs Mark (Jennifer) White, both of Kinsman; two sons, William J. and James R., both of Kinsman; two sisters, Miss Marie Watkins and Mrs. John (Beatrice) Candio, both of Niles; two brothers, William W. of Warren, and Richard W. of Mineral Ridge; and 13 grandchildren. A brother, Edward E.Watkins, is deceased.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Baumgardner Funeral Home in Kinsman, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. today. Burial will be in Gustavus Cemetery.
The family requests material tributes take the form of contributions to Hospice of Trumbull County.
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