Howell ‘Roy’ Watts, 74
Tue, 04/23/2019 - 12:04pm
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Sept. 15, 1944 —
April 19, 2019
DENVER, IOWA - Howell “Roy” Watts, age 74 of the Denver Sunset Home, Denver, Iowa and formerly of Cedar Falls and Readlyn, Iowa, died at UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital on Friday, April 19, 2019.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Crossroads Assembly of God, Waterloo, Iowa with burial in Oak Lawn Cemetery at Cresco, Iowa. Visitation is from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at Locke Funeral Home, Waterloo and for an hour before services at the church
Memorials can be made to the family. Condolences may be left at www.lockefuneralhome.com .
Roy was born on Sept. 15, 1944, in Cresco, the son of Howell H. and Ida L. “Delight” Stroup Watts and graduated from Crestwood High School in 1963.
He married Ruth Hetrick on March 27, 1965 at Saratoga (Iowa) Presbyterian Church. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad, then for Giant Manufacturing in Council Bluffs, Iowa and later for John Deere Tractor Works, retiring in 1997.
He was a member and former treasurer of Crossroads Assembly of God, Waterloo and a member of the International Retractable Ford Club and the Cedar Valley Antique Automobile Club. He loved cruising in his 1957 Skyliner Ford Retractable and enjoyed camping, fishing and traveling with family. He had a great love for church, his family, friends and his dogs. No one was a stranger for long around Roy. He was a huge fan of the Green Bay Packers, NASCAR and the Hawkeyes.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth of Cedar Falls; son, Daniel (Vicky) of Readlyn; daughter, Dawn (John) Lyon of Spencer, Iowa; four grandchildren, Courtney (Brian) First of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sarah (Jason) Boutin of Oelwein, Iowa, Kelsey (Josh) Watts of Plainfield, Iowa and Jacob Watts of Readlyn; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Paul (Wanda) Watts of Belvidere‚ Ill.; and a sister, Francis (Bill) O’Rear of Pinebluff‚ Ark.
He was preceded in death by six brothers, Kenneth Watts and Luther, James “Jim,” Harvey, Harold and Albert Benefield and five sisters, Jane Turner, Ima Jean Luttrell, Helen Merriman, Martha O’Rear and Kathryn Thompson.
