Violet Mae (Hansen) Watson

Violet Mae (Hansen) Watson, age 95, of Lockwood, Missouri, peacefully passed away on Friday, February 19th, 2016, in the Good Shepherd Nursing Home.

She was born to Clarence and Freida (Anderson) Hansen on May 5, 1920, in Carter, South Dakota. Violet was the first of three siblings.

Violet moved to Lockwood when she was 16 and married Howard Thomas Watson on September 5, 1936.

She worked at a café in town as a waitress, an aide at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home and at the Lockwood Drug Store. Violet also worked on the farms that she and her husband, Howard, owned in Lockwood.
She bowled on several bowling leagues at Lockwood Bowl, delivered meals to the elderly with Meals on Wheels and absolutely loved to play cards. Especially pitch, which was her favorite.

Her favorite role in her lifetime besides being a mother, was being a grandmother, or as her four granddaughters affectionately liked to call her “Me-Mo’s” , and being a great-grandmother to her three great-grandchildren. She often spent many weekends and summers over her lifetime having her granddaughters stay with her.

If you ever had a conversation with Violet, you knew she was a proud mother, Aunt Tottie and grandmother and were guaranteed to hear many stories about all of her family and memories she had with them.
Violet was a member of the Lockwood Presbyterian Church, where she also served as a board member on the church presbytery. She was also a breast cancer survivor.

Violet was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Hansen; mother, Frieda Hansen; husband, Howard Watson; brother, Donald Hansen; and daughter, Candi Duncan.

She is survived by her two sons, Ray Watson of Independence, Missouri and Rex Watson and his wife, Judy, of Springfield, Missouri; sister, Jackie (Hansen) Erickson and her husband, Jim, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota; four granddaughters, Kristen (Watson) Svoboda and her husband, Mike, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; Erin (Watson) Knight and her husband, Mike, of Blue Springs, Missouri, Mackenzie (Watson) Weil of Springfield, Missouri, and Morgan Watson of Atascadero, California; six nieces, Jan (Erickson) Jastram and her husband, David, of Dell Rapids, South Dakota; Nancy (Hansen) Oligmueller and her husband, Brad, of Rapid City, South Dakota, Alice Hansen of Mission, South Dakota; Phyllis (Hansen) Haukaas and her husband, Pete, of Mission, South Dakota; Mary Haukaas of Mission, South Dakota; and Donnie (Hansen) Kauppi and her husband, Don, of Angels Camp, California; one nephew, Jon Erickson and his wife, Sharon, of Warner Robins, Georgia; many great nieces and nephews; two great-grandsons, Hunter Svoboda and Easton Knight; and one great-granddaughter, Olivia Svoboda all of whom she adored and cherished.

Graveside services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 27th, 2016, in Lockwood Cemetery. The family received friends on Friday evening the 26th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Lockwood Funeral Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lockwood Presbyterian Church in Lockwood, Missouri or to the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be shared at www.greenfieldfuneralchapel.com. Services were under the care of Lockwood Funeral Chapel.