Iris Marie Watson

Iris Watson passed away on December 26th, 2023 at the Prestige Care Center in Fort Collins
after a long, hard battle with Frontal Lobe Dementia. Iris was born on May 2nd, 1957 in
Morrison Colorado to Betty Schlechte and Ben Mills. She was the sixth of eight children,
growing up mostly in the Boulder, CO area. As a teenager she moved to Nuremberg, Germany
with her family. She quickly became fluent in German while attending high school. Iris worked
at Molnar Ski, Neodata, Engineering Measurements, and did commercial and residential
cleaning for over 30 years. She attended Front Range Community College where she earned
her certified nursing aide certificate in 2004 and provided home heath care.
In 1977 Iris married the love of her life, Mike Watson in front of friends and family in Boulder,
CO. They enjoyed years of companionship building a life and enjoyed taking their two beloved
black lab dogs camping and fishing. In 1982 they moved to Longmont and started a family;
they welcomed their son, Michael in 1984, and their daughter, Kelly in 1988. Iris relished her
role of being a mother, she was the best mom and her whole world revolved around her
children.
In the mid 1980's Iris began her study of the Bible. On December 6th, 1986 she was baptized
as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. She loved volunteering her time to teach people about the
Bible and treasured the close friendships she built with her service partners over the years and
was a true and loyal friend.
Iris had a heart of gold and a sense of humor that was second to none. She loved babies,
gardening, and traveling. Her laugh could brighten anyone's day and she made even the most
trivial tasks fun, memorable, and full of laughter. Thankfully, her best qualities live on through
her children and grandchildren. Iris will be dearly missed.
Iris is preceded in death by her grandmother Emma Schlechte, mother Betty Schultz
(Schlechte), and brother Robert Mills. Iris is survived by her husband Mike Watson, their son
Michael Watson, his wife, Kayla, daughter Kelly Cavender, her husband, Steve, five beautiful
grandchildren: Jacob, Rachel, Reagan, Samson, and Carter. She is also survived by brothers
Gunther Schulz and wife Carol, Ben Mills and wife Jane, and sisters Margie Schenk, Kathie
Shaw, Phyllis Evans, and husband, Gary, and Ingrid Arran.
Memorial Service for Iris will be held at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on 1531 Vista
View Drive, Longmont CO. 80504 at 1 pm on Saturday February 3rd, 2024. Reception to follow
at the D Barn 136 S Main Street, Longmont CO. 80501