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Truman Garland Watkins

Birth	:	1 May 1906 Dade County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	23 Jun 1995
Burial	:	Grace Hill Cemetery, Hawarden, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate	:	43.0052986, -96.4708023
Description	:	Truman G. Watkins. 89, of Hawarden died Friday, June 23, 1995, at the Hass Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden. Services were held Tuesday, June 27, at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden with the Rev. Dean Shelly officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, under direction of Porter-Dow Funeral Home In Hawarden. Mr. Watkins was born May 1, 1906, in Dade County, Mo. He attended school in Hamburg, Iowa, and moved to Sioux City in 1936. He married Esther Klave June 14, 1940 in Sioux City. She died April 28, 1992. The couple lived in Hawarden, where Mr. Watkins worked for... Read More	Truman G. Watkins. 89, of Hawarden died Friday, June 23, 1995, at the Hass Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden. Services were held Tuesday, June 27, at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden with the Rev. Dean Shelly officiating. Burial was in Grace Hill Cemetery, under direction of Porter-Dow Funeral Home In Hawarden. Mr. Watkins was born May 1, 1906, in Dade County, Mo. He attended school in Hamburg, Iowa, and moved to Sioux City in 1936. He married Esther Klave June 14, 1940 in Sioux City. She died April 28, 1992. The couple lived in Hawarden, where Mr. Watkins worked for various businesses, Including the Hawarden Gravel Company and Cy Younkins Body Shop. He also worked as a night clerk and entertainer at the Gladstone Hotel. He was employed with John Deere Implement, and was also a bookkeeper at Don's Ready Mix for 10 years before going into private bookkeeping. Mr. Watkins was a lifelong musician, and was well known for playing the fiddle, for which he received many rewards. Mr. Watkins was a member of the United Methodist Church, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Siouxland County Music Association, South Dakota Old Time Fiddlers, Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers. National Old Time Fiddlers. Mid America Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame, and the National Arbor Day Foundation. Survivors include two sons and their wives, Larry and Janice, and Doug and Jeri, all of. Sioux City; a daughter, and her husband, Mary and Jim Kindig of Sioux Falls, S.D.; a sister, Laura Hurst of Sidney, Iowa; and 11 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by 10 brothers and two sisters. Akron Register-Tribune 6/29/1995

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Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Esther M. Klave Watkins

(1912 - 1992)

Siblings

Clara M. Watkins Bowden

(1897 - 1990)

Elsie Pearl Watkins Bowden

(1907 - 1991)

Laura Mae Watkins Hurst

(1914 - 1996)

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