Edith Irene Watts

Edith Irene Watts, a longtime resident of Fallbrook, died peacefully early Sunday morning December 14, 2008, at the age of 79 at Palomar Heights Care Center in Escondido.

Edith was born Edith Irene Naylor to Dorothy and Joseph Naylor in Butler, PA, on March 21, 1929. She married her loving husband of 55 years, Russell H. Watts, on April 4, 1953. They moved their family to Fallbrook in 1963.

Edith spent her life devoted to raising her family and giving back to the community in which she lived. As a devout Catholic, she spent years working on fundraising for Mission San Antonio de Pala, where he...