Lucile Margaret Watt

LUCILE MARGARET WATT Lucile Margaret Watt, 94, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 with friends and family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 15, at the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church with Reverend Vickie Kintzel officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley View Cemetery in Torrington. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Evergreen Court in Torrington or Green House Homes at Mirasol in Loveland, Colorado. Visitation will be Tuesday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send their condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com . Lucile was born December 20, 1920, on a homestead in northern Goshen County the daughter of Edwin and Agnes (Westerman) Grapes. She was born 45 minutes before her twin brother Leroy. She grew up and attended school in Prairie Center Community. Lucile graduated from Torrington High School in 1937 at the age of 16. A year later, she attended the University of Wyoming and received her teaching certificate in 1940. Lucile then taught school in Yoder, Wyoming for four years. She moved to Upton, Wyoming to teach school in 1944. In January 1945, while traveling by bus to visit family in Upton, Lucile met Art Watt on the bus while he was on his way home from serving in the Army. He bought her supper in Lusk upon them meeting. The couple was married June 5, 1945. Lucile then taught school in Huntley. She took time off to raise the couple’s two children; Janet and Merle. She later went back to school and received her Bachelor’s in Education in 1963. Lucile then became an elementary math teacher in Torrington. She retired in 1981. She always believed in being strict but always having the respect of her students. After retirement, the couple traveled the country, as well as Canada and Nova Scotia. Lucile later moved to Cheyenne and then to Loveland, Colorado where she has resided for the past year. Lucile liked to do counted cross stitch projects, cooking and spending time with her family. It was especially important for her to spend time with her grandchildren. She was a long standing member of the First Wyoming United Presbyterian Church and the Retired Teachers Association. Survivors include her daughter Janet (Gary) Hartwig of Monroe, WI; her son Merle (Kathy) Watt of Cheyenne, WY; 4 grandchildren; 5 step grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; 17 step great-grandchildren; and one step great-great-grandchild. Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband Art Watt; twin brother Leroy Grapes; and brothers, Robert and Wendell Grapes.

Lucile Margaret Watt

December 20, 1920 - July 11, 2015