This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: EDWARDS, FLETCHER, WATKINS, GOGDILL, SMITH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JIB.2ACI/12622 Message Board Post: EDWARDS, Helen, died May 18, 1996 EDWARDS, FLETCHER, WATKINS, GOGDILL, SMITH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Carole Lynn (MOHNEY) CARR, Volunteer Transcriber Transcribed from an original newspaper clipping from the “Sturgis Daily Journal, “ which serves the St. Joseph County, Michigan area. Copy provided by the Sturgis Library, Sturgis, Michigan. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/spl.html Listed on this site are volunteers to do look-ups, check it out to see if they have what you are looking for. http://members.tripod.com/~tfred/stjolookups.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Union City; Helen EDWARDS, 68, Rail Road, died May 18, 1996, at her home following a long illness. She was born Feb. 4, 1928, in Ivyton, Ky., a daughter of Noah and Susanna (FLETCHER) WATKINS. On Dec. 29, 1947, she married Donald EDWARDS, in Wellington, Ohio. She was raised in Kentucky and moved to Union City in 1947 from Hillsdale. She was active in the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts when her children were younger. She enjoyed sewing and knitting. Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Susan GOGDILL, Coldwater, and Donna SMITH, Union City; two sons, William EDWARDS, Union City, and Frederick EDWARDS, Burlington; nine grandchildren; and two brothers, Roy WATKINS, Florida, and John WATKINS, Osseo. She was preceded in death by one son, Donald EDWARDS, in 1982. Private family services were held at the Edwards home. Arrangements were handled by the Putnam Funeral Home, Union City. END