{"id":309435,"date":"2026-06-16T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309435\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T18:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:00:20","slug":"barbara-watson-100-of-tampa-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/309435\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara Watson, 100, of Tampa, Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prokofuneralhome.com\/obituaries\/barbara-watson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Barbara Watson<\/a>, 100, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Kenosha, died Monday, June 15, 2026, at her daughter\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Watson\u2019s Early Life<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbara was born Aug. 3, 1925, in Eau Claire, Wis., the daughter of the late Frank S. and Ida C. (Alstrup) Fox. She attended local schools. She then attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/racinecountyeye.com\/tag\/college-of-st-therese\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"161427\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College of St. Therese<\/a> for one year and went on to St. Mary\u2019s School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn., for three years, where she completed her nursing degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 8, 1950, she married George R. Watson in Eau Claire. He preceded her in death Nov. 13, 2000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbara was a former member of St. Mark\u2019s Catholic Church. She enjoyed boating, spending time with her family, playing cards and enjoying the sunset.<\/p>\n<p>Survived by<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is survived by her five children, Roger F., David M., Anne M., Elizabeth E. and Peggy; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barbara was also preceded in death by her brother, Frank A. Fox.<\/p>\n<p>Services<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private services were held, with interment in All Saints Cemetery in Pleasant Prairie.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>What else you should know<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORT OUR WORK<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stories like this hold leaders accountable. We fact-checked GOP lawmakers&#8217; claims, analyzed the county budget, and gave you the whole picture \u2014 not just the headlines. Support independent journalism for $2\/week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barbara Watson, 100, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Kenosha, died Monday, June 15, 2026, at her daughter\u2019s home.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-309435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}