Shirley Watson

Shirley P. Watson, age 88 of Ovid, died Friday, February 12, 2010. Born November 27, 1921 to Alton and Lettie B. (Miller) Sloat, Shirley was a homemaker and retired from GTE in 1985 after 15 years of service. She was a lifelong member of Order of the Eastern Star, a 4-H leader, and a member of the American Business Women's Association and the Ovid Duplain Library Club. Shirley was a past recipent of the United Methodist Women Dove Award. In October 1940, Shirley married Robert E. Watson and he preceded her in death.

Surviving are her children, Barbara (Victor) Higgins, Cheryl (William) Hartman, Dean (Kay) Watson, all of Ovid, and David (Julie) Watson of Freeland; grandchildren, Cindy and Lori Higgins, Lee and Lynn Hartman, Trevor, Kamri, Robert, Jason and Kyle Watson, and Brian Mills; great grandchildren, Josh, Jennifer, Ben, Will, Dahlia, Madison, Tyler, Hunter, Jayla, and Kaleb; great great grandchildren, Elizabeth and Joshua; sisters-in-law, Jane Sloat and Carol Watson; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the Houghton Chapel of the Osgood Funeral Homes in Ovid with Pastor Judy Hazel officiating. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 PM both Monday and Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to the Shepardville United Methodist Church in Ovid.

To learn more about Shirley and view her Life Story film, visit her personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com/memories/56094 , where you can share a memory or photo, and sign her memory book.