Marge Watkins

Marge Watkins, age 84, of Shelbina, MO, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2015, at Salt River Community Care in Shelbina, MO.

She was born July 15, 1930, in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of George Edward and Veronica Matilda Lenning Schmutz. On October 2, 1948, she was united in marriage to Paul Grover P. G. Watkins in Elton, MD. He preceded her in death on October 26, 2014.

Marge is survived by four children, Colleen Tillitt, Kathleen Worland; Pat Watkins and wife Donna all of Shelbina, MO and John Watkins and wife Kathy of Lexington, SC; fourteen grandchildren, Kevin Tillitt and wife Melinda, Kurtis Tillitt and wife Jamie, Kristin Threlkeld and husband Chris, Kerry Tillitt and wife Karla, Shane Worland and fiance Kim, Heather Cox and husband Nick, Nicole Wegman and fiance Dusty, Chad Wharton and wife Carole, Troy Worland, Leanne Todd and husband Nick, Joni Watkins, Erin Watkins, Callie Watkins and Carson Watkins; twenty-one great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild; two brothers, Thomas Schmutz of Maylanding NJ and Ed Schmutz of Madrid, Spain and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one infant daughter Linda; one son, Michael; two son-in-laws, Larry Tillitt and Terry Worland and twenty brothers and sisters.

Marge was a 1948 graduate of Langhorne Middletown High School in Langhorne, PA and a member of the St. Marys Catholic Church. She was also a member of St. Marys Altar Society, Macon Moose Lodge and Bridge Club. She enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, bingo and yatzee. Marge loved her family dearly and had a special fondness for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Greening-Eagan-Hayes Funeral Home in Shelbina, MO, with burial to follow in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery in Shelbina. Visitation will be held at the Funeral Home in Shelbina from 9:00 to11:00 am on Saturday. Memorials may be made to Cystic Fibrosis or Donors Choice.