Veda Knights

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Veda K. Watt, 82, of 5 Leonard St., Dansville, well-known Dansville
Central School Nurse-Teacher, passed away early Thursday morning, Oct.
6, 1994 in Noyes Memorial Hospital, Dansville, following a long
illness.
Born in Avon on Dec. 11, 1911, she was a daughter of Homer and Minnie
Applin Knights. In 1938, she married Malcolm R. Watt, DVM. Dr. Watt
passed away July 11, 1969.
Mrs. Watt graduated from the Rochester General Hospital School of
Nursing in 1936 and continued her education at SUNY-Geneseo. She was
the School Nurse-Teacher at Dansville Central School for 30 years,
retiring in 1981.
Veda was a long time member of the Dansville Presbyterian Church, the
Deborah Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Kate J.
Jackson Court of Amaranth, both of Dansville.
During her lifetime, she served as Secretary and President of the
Livingston County Women's Republican Club and President of the
Dansville Women's Republican Club. She was the Chairperson of the
Livingston County School Nurse-Teachers Association and Secretary of
the Western Zone School Nurse-Teachers Association.
Also, she was the Chairperson of the American Field Services
Association, Chairperson of the Salvation Army for 25 years and was a
member of the Livingston County Children's Protective Society.
Veda will be remembered for her loving generosity to her family,
friends and students.
She is survived by her two daughters, Lorna (Austin) Erwin of Geneseo
and Martha (Walter) Hosenfeld of Rochester; three grandsons, Austin
Erwin of Syracuse, and Jeffery and Donald Hosenfeld of Rochester; a
sister, Jocelyn Robinson of Van Nuys, CA; several nieces and nephews;
and many friends and neighbors.
She was predeceased by several sisters and a brother as well as a very
special friend, Mrs. Ethel L. Gunther.
Friends called Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Hindle Funeral
Home, 271 Main St., Dansville. A service of Witness to the
Resurrection was held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Dansville Presbyterian
Church with the Rev. Dayle Dickey officiating. Interment was in
Greenmount Cemetery, Dansville.
An Eastern Star memorial service was held at 7 p.m. Friday, followed
by an Amaranth service at 7:30, both in the funeral home.
Friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Dansville
Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 309, Dansville, NY, 14437; or to the
Salvation Army. (GCE, October 13, 1994, p4)

Veda married Malcolm R. Watts in 1938. Malcolm was born on 15 Jan 1902; died on 11 Jul 1969 in Dansville, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Austin Erwin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Walter Hosenfeld. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]