Mrs. Catherine Reese Watkins Obit*

Danville Commercial Nov. 27, 1920
*Mrs. Catherine Watkins
Mrs. Catherine Watkins, 80, a resident of South Side since 1862 and widow of John Watkins, a (cannot read next word to faded) coal miner, who died in 1889, passed away at 11:30 o'clock Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Reese, wife of Daniel Reese, county mine inspector, 216 South Railroad street, South Side. She had been in feeble health for some time.
Funeral plans are not completed, pending word from children in North Dakota. The funeral probably will be held Monday.
Mrs. Watkins was born in Ohio, June 24, 1840, the daughter of John and Marion Reese and came to Illinois when a girl of 19. She was a member, since its founding, of the Congregational church of South Danville.
Mrs. Watkins is survived by the following children; Mrs. Cynthia Resse, Bert Watkins and Fred Watkins, all of South Side; Charles Watkins, Mrs. Flora Bracewell and George Watkins residing at Holdings N.D. Two sons Frank and Will Watkins preceded their mother in death.