Jane Brandt Watson

The funeral service for Jane Watson will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kasson, with Pastor Marie AK Anderson officiating.

Visitation will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kasson, and one hour prior to the service on Monday. There will be a burial of ashes at a later date in the Evergreen Cemetery in Mantorville.

Jane Marie Watson, 62, of Mantorville, passed away peacefully Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, surrounded by family and friends.

Jane was born Nov. 8, 1951, in Osage, Iowa, to Antonia and John Brandt. She graduated from Osage High School in 1969 and went on to St. Marys Nursing School in Rochester where she obtained her L.P.N., then began working at Saint Marys Hospital. She married in 1972, had two children, Bobbie and Dale Jr. and later divorced. On Aug. 22, 1987, she married Charlie Watson, Jr. Jane went on to graduate from Winona State University with a Bachelor's of Social Work Degree. While employed as a dispatcher for SEMCAC Jane opened the Used-A-Bit Shop in Dodge Center and dedicated herself to serving others.

She is survived by her husband, Charlie; her children, Bobbie (Cory) Boehm of Racine and Dale Jr. (Michele) Rud of Kasson; her mother, Antonia Brandt of Osage, Iowa; grandchildren, Corbin, Dawson and Gabriel; stepchildren, Jennifer, Amber, Joshua and Alec; siblings, Phyllis (Danny) Sobek of Klemme Iowa, Dorothy (Jim) Weldon of Denver, Colo., and Alan Brandt of Osage, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her faithful dog, Snickers and her cat, Dum-Dum.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Brandt and a niece, Karen Monson.

Macken Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.