Individual Details

Loretta Nanalene "Nan" Clason

(3 Jan 1928 - 21 Jun 1967)

San Diego Union, San Diego, California, Friday, June 23, 1967, page 38: Watts--Loretta N. wife of Paul L. Watts. Mother of Kevin Paul, Philip Keith, Crystal Sue, Shanna Lee, Lori Ann and Terri Lynn. Daughter of Mrs. Lonnie Clayson and Henry C. Clayson. Sister of Heber Earl, Wilmer Lincoln, and Calvin Lyle Clayson, and Christene Fletcher. Services Fri. 1 p.m. Greenwood Mortuary. Interment Greenwood Memorial Park. Family requests no flowers. Donation may be made to the San Diego Cancer Society.

Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, Friday, June 23, 1967, Page 17, Col. 3: Ex-Resident of City Rite Held in SD. Services were held today in Greenwood Mortuary in San Diego for Mrs. Nan Simmons Watts, 40, a former Bakersfield resident who died Wednesday in a Chula Vista hospital. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Watts was the daughter of Mrs. Lonnie Clason of Bakersfield and Henry Clason, Sr., of Ojai. She was raised in Bakersfield. She married James Simmons and was widowed in 1952. She remarried. Survivors include her husband, Paul Watts; six children, Crystal Simmons, and Shanna, Kevin, Lauri, Keith, and Terri Watts; three brothers, Bill, Calvin and Heber Clason, and a sister, Mrs. Christeen Fletcher.

Events

Birth3 Jan 1928Calumet, Canadian Co., Oklahoma
Residence1930El Dorado, Butler Co., Kansas
Marriage28 Apr 1946Bakersfield, Kern Co., California - James Crenshaw Simmons
MarriageDec 1952James Bentley Cook
Marriage19 Feb 1954Also11 Dec. 1961, Kern Co., California - Paul Leon Watts
MarriageBet 1955 and 1961Delbert Walton Slack
DivorceAft 1957Paul Leon Watts
Marriage11 Dec 1961Married a second time - Paul Leon Watts
Death21 Jun 1967Chula Vista, San Diego Co., California
Death21 Jun 1967San Diego, San Diego Co., California
Death21 Jun 1967Bakersfield, Kern Co., California
BurialLoretta Watts, Greenwood Memorial Park & Mausoleum, San Diego, San Diego Co., California

Families

SpouseJames Crenshaw Simmons (1924 - 1952)
ChildCrystal Sue Simmons (1950 - )
SpousePaul Leon Watts (1917 - 1969)
ChildShanna Lee Watts (1953 - )
ChildKevin Paul Watts (1954 - )
ChildLori Ann Watts (1955 - )
ChildPhillip Keith Watts (1957 - )
ChildTerri Lynn Watts (1958 - )
SpouseJames Bentley Cook (1919 - 1996)
SpouseDelbert Walton Slack (1908 - 1976)
FatherHenry Clay Clason (1899 - 1971)
MotherLonnie Era Thorn (1902 - 1969)
SiblingChristene Henrietta Clason (1921 - 1994)
SiblingHeber Earl Clason (1922 - 2001)
SiblingWilmer Lincoln "Bill" Clason (1924 - 1988)
SiblingCalvin Lyle Clason (1926 - 2014)
SiblingHugh Clason (1931 - 1931)
SiblingEra Jane Clason (1933 - 1956)

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