MARJORIE GACKSTATTER

Marjorie Salmon Watts Gackstatter, 90, widow of John Gackstatter, died July 3 at Lake Marion Nursing Home in Summerton.

Born Sept. 16, 1919, in Brewster, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Adalbert Salmon and Estella May Everett Salmon.

She was predeceased by a son, Gary Wayne Watts; two brothers, Harold and Orrin Salmon of Brewster, N.Y.; and two sisters, May and Marjorie, who passed away in the terrible influenza epidemic in 1919, just four months before Mrs. Gackstatter was born. Her parents named her Marjorie in honor of the 19-year-old daughter they had lost. She was married for 25 years to the late Arnold Watts of Pawling, N.Y., and together they raised four children.

Survivors include a daughter, Arlen Gackstatter of Manning; two sons, John Watts and his wife, Ruth, of Manning and William Watts of Fort Bragg, Calif.; grandchildren Christine Cates, Betty Jo Watts, Gary Watts Jr., Shari Gackstatter , Terra Sonora, Melissa Rhodes and Laurie Watts; great-granddaughter Amy Leigh Deaton; and great-grandson Wesley Watts.

Funeral services were held privately.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, handled arrangements.