Lois Jane WATT
Born: 22 October 1911 in Thatcher, Box Elder, Utah.
Christened: 4 February 1912
Parents: Richard Golightly WATT & Mary Ann HARRIS
Married: Harold Ross COOMBS on 24 October 1935 in the Salt Lake City Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Mother to five children: Don, Harold, Eileen, Gae and Boyce.
Died: 5 May 1995 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah
Buried: 9 May 1995 in the Honeyville Cemetery, Honeyville, Box Elder, Utah
This is my grandmother. We lived only a 15 minute drive from her, so I knew her well. I knew she loved me. During her last few years of life, she lived in my childhood home with my parents. I knew she was the youngest in a family of many children. She loved and stayed in contact with her sisters. I personally knew Grace, Verna and Hattie.
I remember her baking (blueberry pancakes in shapes for breakfast when we slept over; homemade bread; fudge; pecan rolls; fruit leather; etc.). I remember that she talked to my mother on the phone almost every day. I remember her large garden, cherry trees, and walnut tree that was fabulous to climb. I remember her standing on the porch and yelling, "here kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty" calling the cat to eat scraps from the kitchen. My mom talks about Grandma feeding the "hobos" that came in on the train which ran right behind their house. I remember her having her big picture window painted with Christmas scenes for Christmas and then my mother doing the same at our home. I remember her hugs that were soft and warm and enveloped you in love. I remember watching Lawrence Welk, her entry way that was hardly ever used (everyone came in the through the side door), and the laundry room that always had mice (according to my mom). I remember cereal sorted into plastic containers, spoons full of protein powder and her dishwasher that hooked up to the sink.
Her Headstone:
http://tams-hickman.blogspot.com/2007/08/harold-ross-coombs-lois-jane-watt.html
Cause of Death: Lois Jane WATT - Pulmonary embolism due to chronic renal failure due to high blood pressure.
Her Obituary:
Link: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/419395/DEATH--LOIS-WATT-COOMBS.html?pg=all
Lois Jane Watt Coombs passed away in
Brigham City Community Hospital on Friday, May 5, 1995, after a short
illness. She was 83 years old.
Lois was born on October
22, 1911, in Thatcher, Utah, to Richard Golightly Watt and Mary Ann
Harris Watt. She graduated from Bear River High School and married
Harold Ross Coombs on October 24, 1935, in the Salt Lake LDS
Temple.Though Lois was awarded blue ribbons and highest honors at county
and state fairs for her baking and candy making, she dedicated herself
to being a homemaker and found her biggest reward in her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
All of her sons served LDS
missions and each one of her children was married in the temple and is a
college graduate. Lois also worked faithfully in the LDS Church,
including service as secretary under three different Relief Society
presidents, and was involved in various compassionate service projects
in the community. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Lois was preceded in death
by her husband Ross, who passed away on December 20, 1978, and by her
parents and 11 brothers and sisters.
She is survived by three
sons and two daughters, Don W. Coombs of Seattle, Wash.; Harold Ross
Coombs of South Jordan, Utah; Boyce W. Coombs of Vernal, Utah; Mrs. John
H. (Eileen) Sorensen of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Bruce O. (Gae) Tams of
Perry, Utah; 24 grandchildren (one currently serving an LDS mission),
and 11 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
held on Tuesday, May 9, at 11 a.m. in the Honeyville Ward Chapel, 2620
West 6980 North. A viewing will be held at the Olsen-Myers Mortuary, 205
South 100 East, Brigham City, Monday from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from
9:30-10:30 a.m. in the Honeyville ward church building.
Interment, Honeyville Cemetery.
