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Show John Alma Watkins Dies John Alma Watkins, 59, of 746 East 150 South, Frovo, died Thursday, Dec. :i, in Frovo of congestive heart failure. He was born Feb. Hi, 1922, in American Fork to John Kufus and Elizabeth Ann Armstrong Arm-strong Watkins. He married Leona Anderson, An-derson, August 22, 1947, in Frovo. He attended American Fork schools and attended American Fork High School and LDS Seminary. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and later par-t par-t icipaled in the invasion of Normandy and the occupation of Europe. After discharge from the Army, in 1946, with the rank of technical surgenl, he became a skilled furnace and air conditioning contractor in the Utah Valley. He helped to build hundreds of homes. He had lived in Frovo since he returned from WWII. He also worked at Dugway Proving Grounds for three and a half years. He was active in the LDS Church, Bonneville Ward. Survivors include his wife; a son, John Leon Watkins of Baylown, Texas; one grandchild; two brothers and three sisters, Mrs. Wiley (Fern Lucille) Huntington Hun-tington of Hatch; Mrs. Kay (Florence Street) Crowell of Lehi; Mrs. Gilbert (Irma) Kasmussen of Salt Lake City; Carl A. Watkins of Provo, and Wendell A. Watkins of Lindon. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Bonneville Ward, Provo. Burial was at the Spanish Fork Cemetery with full military honors. |