On February 24, 2021 Orvel Eldred Watts passed away; devoted husband of Ann Doreen Watts (nee De Young); beloved father of Bonnie Patrick, Herbert "Chris" Shafer and his wife Debbie, Debbie Grothe and her husband Michael, Ann Forcey and her husband Jeff, Lynn Makowiecki and her husband John, and the late Karen Kegley and her husband Ronald; loving son of the late Orvel Rufus Watts and the late Violet Elizabeth Watts (nee Phelps); dear brother of Alice Ruth Hoyle, Carroll Lee "Butch" Watts, Violet Olivia "Suzie" Schwartz and her husband Michael, the late Elva Lorraine Keitz and her late husband George "Bud" Keitz, Sr. Also survived by 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren (with a little boy due in June), and 2 great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held at the Connelly Funeral Home of Essex, 300 Mace Avenue on Monday, March 1st, 2021 at 12 noon. Visiting hours will be held on Saturday, February 27th, 2021 from 2 - 6 pm.
Entombment at Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.
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