Janet Catherine Watkins

Janet Catherine (Morse) Watkins, 96, peacefully passed into her eternal heavenly home on January 8, 2023. She was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 4, 1926. On August 9, 1947, she married Eugene B. Watkins. She graduated from Taylor University in 1947 and taught two years in an elementary school in Coopersville, MI. They eventually settled in Bay City, Michigan in the house Gene built. Janet loved teaching Sunday school and treasured each child. She often mentioned that she hoped she would see them in heaven. Janet was very involved in the Gideons Auxiliary and always had New Testaments in her purse ready to give to someone. In 1992, Gene and Janet moved to Woodland Park, Colorado. She loved living with a beautiful view of Pikes Peak. She traveled extensively and daily looked forward to tea time. She spent the last few days of her life surrounded by family, listening to hymns, and having Psalms read to her. Even her final days brought glory to God and touched the lives of family and nurses on the 5th floor at St. Francis. She is preceded in death by her parents and two brothers (her younger brother died 6 days before her), her husband (2001), and her eldest child, Ronald Watkins (2021). She is survived by her children: Rick (Anne), Randy (Dina), and Nancy Sutton; her grandchildren: Timothy, Benjamin (Chrystal), Andrew (Marti), Kristen (Chris), Kara, Kelsey (Kyle), Niko, Angela, David and Joy; and great-grandchildren: Aiden, Ryan, Sullivan, Emeri, Lucy, and Eleanor. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Janet's name to the Gideons.org. Celebration service at Swan Law on January 20 at 12:30.

A visitation for Janet will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM at Swan-Law Funeral Directors, 501 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. A funeral service will occur Friday, January 20, 2023 at 12:30 PM, 501 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903. A committal service will occur Friday, January 20, 2023 at 2:30 PM at Woodland Park Cemetery, 650 Short Ave, Woodland Park, Colorado 80863.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.MtViewMortuary.com for the Watkins family.