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Widely Acquainted Delaware County Resident Dies Suddenly At Son's Home Strawder R. Watson, 84, widely known in Delaware County as one of its leading farmers, died suddenly of heart disease at his home three miles east of Muncie on the Selma road, at i0 o'clock Tuesday morning. Mr. Watson had been in good health and had gone to the barn to water the livestock when he was stricken. After Mr. Watson has been gone from the house for about fifteen minutes he was found in the barnyard by his grandson, Forest Watson. The body will be taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Simms on the old Watson farm west of Yorktown, Thursday afternoon . Friday the funeral cortege will leave the house at 10 o'clock and go to Mt Pleasant Church where services will be conducted, with the Rev. J. Walter Gibson and the Rev. Andy Kiger in charge. Burial will be made in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Mr. Watson was born in Ohio but had resided in Delaware Cornty most of his life. He would have been 85 years old on February 26. For thirteen years Mr. Watson served as superintendent of the county infirmary. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at Selma for sixty years and was also a member of the United Brethren Church there. Until the time of his death, his appearance and activity did not indicate his advanced age. Surviving are two sons, John and Levi, both of this county; two daughters, Mrs., Eva Simms, wife of William Simms, living three miles west of Yorktown, and Mrs. Mary Fosnot, widow of James Fosnot of Daleville, and one brother, Levi Watson of Riverside. For the last six years Mr. Watson had resided with his son, John on the home farm. |