Duane Earnest Watson

DUANE EARNEST WATSON

NOV 24, 1940 – OCT 3, 2020
DUANE WAS BORN IN EUGENE OR. MOVED TO MADRAS OR. HE GREW UP ON THE WATSON FARM. GRADUATED FROM MADRAS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958. GRADUATED FROM OIT COLLEGE IN 1963 AS A DIESEL MECHANIC IN KLAMATH FALLS OR. MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE LINDA LOUISE LYNCH WATSON IN 1963. THEY MOVED TO EUGENE OR. HAD 2 CHILDREN KEVIN WATSON AND KATRINA MARIE WATSON. WENT TO WORK FOR GUNNERSON TRUCKING FOR 10 YRS. MOVED TO ROSEBURG OR. WORKED FOR BOWMAN DISTRIBUTING FOR 7 YRS. WENT TO WORK FOR WHIT-LOG TRAILERS FOR 30 YRS. HE RETIRED AND LIVED IN ROSEBURG AND CHARLESTON OR. HE WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND HUNTER, HE LOVED TO RIDE CUTTING HORSES, MUD RUNNING, WATER SKIING, PLAY IN THE SNOW, RIDE QUADS, CAMPING AND FOOTBALL. HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS EARL AND VIOLET WATSON AND WIFE LINDA LYNCH WATSON, LIVING SIBLINGS RON WATSON AND WIFE PAT WATSON, SISTER MARNA HUBERT. SURVIVING CHILDREN KEVIN WATSON AND WIFE CECELIA WATSON,  KATRINA HANSEN-LANE AND HUSBAND KEVIN LANE OF ROSEBURG. GRANDCHILDREN AND FAMILIES, KYLLE, SAVANAH, MAREK, AND MADDOX HANSEN OF ROSEBURG.  SKYLLER, NIKKI, JOSIAH AND JACE HANSEN OF ROSEBURG. JOSH, DESEREE, RILEY WATSON OF PORTLAND. KRISTA, DAVE, JORDAN, TYSON, TEAGAN WATSON OF PORTLAND.  MEGAN, MARK CHAVEZ AND CHILDREN AVERY, HANNA AND LEXI LEWIS OF ROSEBURG.  JARED, HEATHER, NATALIA, LANDON, COLTON LANE OF ROSEBURG.   CORY WATSON OF PORTLAND.  NATURE AND KEVIN JR WATSON. BROTHER INLAW PAT, CHRIS, LISA AND HEATHER LYNCH OF KLAMATH FALLS. NIECES PAM, ROBYN AND RONDA OF MADRAS.  MANY GREAT FRIENDS. DUANE IS AN AMAZING FATHER, GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. HE IS DEEPLY LOVED AND MISSED.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 AT 3 at the Watson home 1918 Wilbur Road, ROSEBURG OR 97470.


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