Watson - Elsie Heslar
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana March 1, 1929
Mrs. Carl Watson, who has been critically ill for several weeks, died in the hospital in Rapids City, SD on Wednesday. The body will be brought to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heslar and is expected to reach Chicago on Sat. Mr. Watson and Mrs. Fred Spencer, who has been with her sister, will accompany it. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. -- kbz
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, March 9, 1929
Mrs. Carl WATSON was taken ill with flu at her home in Rapids City, SD, several weeks ago. Her condition became so serious that she was taken to the Methodist hospital where encephalitis developed, causing her death on Wednesday of last week. Her sister, Mrs. Fred Spencer had been with her for some time and she and Mr. Watson brought the body home, reaching here on Saturday. Funeral services at the Guion Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon were in charge of Rev. W.F. Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian. church at Rockville. Burial at Bethany cemetery. Mrs. Watson was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Strong Heslar and was born at the old homestead W. of Milligan on January 10, 1893. She graduated from the Waveland High School with the class of 1911 and afterwards attended Indiana University. She married Mr. Watson August 6, 1914. They went to the Pennsylvania State College where Mr. Watson taught two years. He was with Purdue four years and for the past 8 years has taught in the School of Mines at Rapids City. Mrs. Watson joined the Presbyterian. Church in girlhood but transferred her membership to the Methodist in Rapids City. She is survived by the husband and one daughter, Laura, aged 10; by two sisters, Mrs. Fred Spencer of Judson and Mrs. Herman Spencer of Wellsburg WV; the parents and a niece, Nancy Juliet Spencer. - kbz