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Richard Watts
Richard Watts, 67, died July 4, 2014. He was born March 16, 1947, in Napa to Kenneth and Leona Watts. He graduated from Napa High School in 1965, and then earned a business degree from Sacramento State. He worked for a short time at PG&E and the Napa Valley Register.
Richard enjoyed playing the trumpet, doing yard work and was a big San Francisco Giants fan. He was a wonderful son, brother and uncle who will be missed greatly.
He is survived by his mother, Leona Watts; sisters, Roxanne (Tom) Quirk, Kay Apodaca, Phyllis (Gary) Toppins; brother-in-law, Ken McKenney; nieces, Tera, Julie, Cali and Brandi McKenney, Rhonda and Aaliyah Johnson; nephews, Cole McKenney and Zachary Plato; aunt, Norman McDougle; and cousins, Pat, Pam and Lee.
The family wishes to thank Golden Living, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Piner’s, and AMR.
Services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Napa Valley, 414 South Jefferson, Napa, CA 94559 or the Multiple Sclerosis Society, Northern California Chapter, 1700 Owens St., Suite 190, San Francisco, CA 94158.
Words of sympathy may be shared with the family online at tulocaycemetery.org.
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Walter Mikolajcik
Seems only yesterday we were playing in the trumpet section of Neil Bordon's 7th grade Ridgeview band and now you are playing that Mendez in a lot bigger group. Walt
Terry Simpkins
Every lunch hour, right after band, Dick and I would hit Fosters and then over to The SF Chronicle shed. One time playing baseball with a golf ball, a bad hop almost ended my ability to have children. For some reason Dick thought was hilarious. We will meet again Dick, I've got a Titleist with your name on it.
Jerry Foster
I also had lots of memories of Dick,Walt and I playing the trumpett in the band. We had the greatest time with Terry Simpkins and other band members. I also remember seeing Dick driving that gorgeous red Impala around which was the envy of alot of us car buffs. I know Dick has one upstairs for sure.