This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WATT, BENTON, STEWART, SMITH, RAND, NELSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/264 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., November 13, 1925, page 1 FUNERAL SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. WATT Funeral services were held on Monday at the Portland Crematorium for Mrs. Jessie Benton Watt, wife of Dr. J.F. Watt, formerly of this city, but now of the West Side district. Mrs. Watt died after a short illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Stewart. Mrs. Watt was 64 years old and was born at Georgetown, Calif., the daughter of the late E.L. Smith, pioneer of this section. Mrs. Watt is survived by her husband and three sisters, Mrs. Wm. Stewart and Mrs. Georgiana Rand, of Hood River and Mrs. Ann Nelson of Portland. ----------------------------------- The Hood River Glacier, Hood River, OR., November 12, 1925, page 1 FUNERAL FOR MRS. WATT ON MONDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Benton Watt, wife of Dr. J.F. Watt, retired pioneer physician of this city who for many years was district surgeon for the O.R. & N. and O.W.R. & N. companies, were held Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the Portland Crematorium. Rev. W.G. Eliot, pastor of the Church about Our Father, Unitarian, officiated. The body was taken to Portland over the Columbia River highway Monday morning by S.E. Bartmess. Mrs. Watt, who had been seriously ill for more than a week, died Saturday night at the home of her sister, Mrs. W.M. Stewart. She was 64 years old and a native of Georgetown, Calif. Mrs. Watt’s father, the late E.L. Smith, was a pioneer of Olympia, Wn., having been secretary and acting governor of Washington territory for many years. Her mother was a pioneer leader among Oregon club women. Mrs. Watt and her sisters, in memory of their mother, gave the city the site for the county library, the oak covered plot adjoining their old home in the city. Mrs. Watt was one of the valley’s best loved matrons. When her husband retired from active practice several years ago, Mrs. Watt and Dr. Watt moved from the city to a West Side orchard place. In addition to Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Watt leaves two other sisters: Mrs. Georgiana Rand, of this city, and Mrs. Ann Nelson, of Portland. Mrs. Watt was possessed of a love for little children and for flowers. She took a keen interest in the welfare of neighborhood little ones. Mrs. Watt not only loved those domestic flowers as grown in pots and the home gardens, but she delighted in visiting the native of woodlands and gathering wild flowers. Her gift at the arrangement of flowers, used in decorating homes or at some public function was remarkable, and many times the touches of artistry, done her seeming understanding of plants, was noted at the library hall and other meeting places. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.