Watkins, Lulu Fern

1903 - 1979  (76 years)

• Name	Watkins, Lulu Fern
  Birth	19 May 1903
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	WATK.L004
  _FGRAVE	90588334
  Death	15 Sep 1979
  Burial	North Freedom Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois
  Person ID	I52464	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Nettleton, Wiley Moses,   b. 23 Jun 1902, Richland County, Illinois d. 23 Aug 1995, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 93 years)
  Children	1. Nettleton, Clarence Charles,   b. 1890   d. 1984 (Age 94 years)   2. Nettleton, Nellie E.,   b. 1893   d. 1970 (Age 77 years)   3. Nettleton, Clara M.,   b. 1895   d. 1974 (Age 79 years)   4. Nettleton, Henry Stephen,   b. 1897   d. 1985 (Age 88 years)   5. Nettleton, Leroy,   b. 1906   d. 1966 (Age 60 years) > 6. Nettleton, Wiley Dennis,   b. 8 Jun 1932, Richland County, Illinois d. 21 Nov 2015, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska (Age 83 years)   7. Nettleton, Janice Lou,   b. 1934   d. 1935 (Age 1 year)   8. Netleton, Delbert,   b. 1936   d. 2017 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F19021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - North Freedom Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lulu Fern Nettleton, 76, Olney Rt. 3, died at 7 a.m. today at the family residence in Denver Township. She was born in Richland County, daughter of Thomas E. Watkins and Margaret Bateman Watkins. In 1929 she married Wiley Nettleton in Olney. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary on May 19. Surviving are her husband Wiley; three sons, Donald E. Nettleton, Niantic, Wiley D. Nettleton, Lincoln, Neb., and Delbert P. Nettleton, Olney Rt. 5; 10 grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. W. C. (Beatrice) Sessengood, Ogden; and a brother, Donald Householder, Dwight. She was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Janice L. Nettleton. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at the Summers Funeral Home, with Elder Arthur Warren Phillips officiating. Interment will be in the North Freedom Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday.