Margaret V. Watts ²

MARGARET HITCH, 67, of Abilene died Dec. 26. Services were Dec. 30. Mrs. Hitch was born in Denver. She married Edward Hitch, 1953. She worked for Bell Telephone Co., a pharmacy, and a nursery. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. She was a Red Cross volunteer at Dyess Hospital. Survivors include sons Phillip of Illinois and Rodney of Texas; mother Margaret Lattimer of Manzanola; father Leslie Watts of Denver; sisters Phyllus Kaufman and Christine Jesop, both of Denver, Elizabeth Watts of Lubbock; brothers Edward Lattimer of Greeley and Leslie Watts of Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.

Headline: Margaret Hitch Publication Date: December 29, 1999 Source: Peoria Journal Star Page: B04 Subjects: Region: Illinois Obituary: Born June 13, 1932, in Denver to Leslie Watts and Margaret Lattimer, she married Edward Hitch on July 25, 1953, in San Antonio, Texas. He died in 1997. Surviving are two sons, Phillip of Bartonville and Rodney of San Antonio; her mother of Manzanola, Colo.; her father of Denver; three sisters, Phyllis Kaufman and Christine Jesop, both of Denver, and Elizabeth Watts of Lubbock, Texas; two brothers, Edward Lattimer of Greeley, Colo., and Leslie Watts of Colorado Springs, Colo.; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church in Abilene. Visitation will be from 6 to 7:30 tonight at Norths Funeral Home in Abilene. Burial will be in Elmwood Memorial Park in Abilene. Memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church, 1202 S. Pioneer, Abilene, TX 79605.

Margaret married Edward Thomas Hitch, son of Edward Edwin Hitch and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Geitner, on 25 Jul 1953 in Randolph Afb, Near San Antonio, TX.¹ (Edward Thomas Hitch was born on 26 Mar 1933 in Palmyra, Jefferson Co., WI ¹ and died on 29 Dec 1997 in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX ^{4 5}.)