Mildred L. Watts

Mildred L. Watts, 84, of Weirton, passed away Monday, December 26, 2005 at the Valley Hospice Palliative Care Unit in Steubenville. Born July 16, 1921 in Rayland, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Oscar and Anna Hendershot Carpenter. Mildred was also preceded in death by her husbands Louis J. Grandolf and William G. Watts and her brother William Carpenter. With 30 years of service, she retired from National Steel where she worked as a shear girl on the cutting lines of the Tin Mill. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, President of the Fidelity Class of the church and was Card Ministry Team Leader, was a member and past president of the WSX 25-Year Club and a member of the Marland Heights Civic Association. Mildred’s survivors include her daughter Sherilyn Bumgardner and her husband Butch of Weirton; brother Russell Carpenter of Weirton; grandsons Michael Bumgardner and his wife Danielle of Anchorage, Alaska and Chris Bumgardner and his wife Beth of Wasilla, Alaska; nephew Bill Carpenter of St. Petersburg, FL and great grand-doggie Rustie Ann. The family will receive friends Thursday 2-4 and 6-8PM at the Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home, 3219 Main Street, Weirton. Additional visitation will be held Friday from 11AM until the 12 noon services at the First United Methodist Church with Reverend Chuck Jerman presiding. Interment will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Please consider a contribution in memory of Mildred to the Valley Hospice, 380 Summit Avenue, Steubenville, OH 43952 or the Fidelity Class of the First United Methodist Church, 3301 West Street, Weirton, WV 26062. Share tributes with her family at www.grecohertnick.com Funeral Home: Greco Hertnick Funeral Home 3219 Main Street Weirton, WV US 26062