Isabelle Watkins Obituary (1931

Isabelle Eleanor Watkins, 78, of Fairfield, went to be with the Lord, Monday, August 24, 2009 at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield. Graveside services will be held 2:00 P.M., Friday, August 28, 2009 at Garden of Memories in Waterloo. The Rev. Mark Brase will officiate at the service. Friends may call from 5:30 to 7:00 P.M., Thursday at the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. Isabelle E. Patterson was born June 6, 1931 at Jamestown, Iowa. She was the daughter of Harry and Alvina Patterson Funky. She married Victor Usovsky, the couple later divorced. In 1980 she married Francis Ray Watkins. Isabelle lived in Waterloo for many years and lived in Fairfield for the past 7 years. She is survived by one daughter, Sharon Kay Murray of Appleton, Wisconsin; three sons, Gary Victor Usovsky of Des Moines, Ronald Lee Usovsky of Columbia, Missouri, Jerry Usovsky of Fairfield; eight grandchildren, one sister, Alice Johnson of Apple Valley California; five great grandchildren, five nephews and three nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Laverne Patterson; one sister, Violet Mineart; a daughter-in-law, Juanita Joy Usovky, and a granddaughter, Ashley Nicole Usovsky and her husband, Roy Watkins. Memorials may be given to Immanuel Lutheran Church of Fairfield in memory of Isabelle.