Eliza Wathern STAUNTON, Mrs. Eliza Ann Wathern, 85, a resident here 55 years, died at 5:45 p.m. Sunday in St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield, where she had been admitted the preceding day. Born Dec. 1, 1877 in Coal Creek, Tenn.,she was the daughter of Benjamin and Lottie Summers Johnson. She married Zak Wathern Oct. 28,1893 at Lake City, Tenn. Mr. Wathern died March 24, 1957. The couple celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in 1956. Survivors include nine children: Mrs. Verda Hix, Mrs. Doris Veschak and Ervin Paul Wathern of Staunton, Mrs. Bernice Kunze, Fred and Willard Wathern of Mt. Olive, Charles and Robert of Peoria, and Emmett G. of Wood River; 19 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Three daughters died in infancy. Mrs. Wathern was a member of Ladies Auxillary, PMWA, 35. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Williamson funeral home. The Rev. Thomas Lowery of the First Evangelical United Brethren church, Wood River, will officiate. Interment will be in Memorial Park with the PMWA Ladies Auxillary officiating at the graveside services. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Illinois, December 3, 1962