MAZEL WATSON Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mazel Watson, 55, of Kankakee, IL, died Wednesday, February, 27, 2013 at Provena St. MaryÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Hospital. Visitation will be Friday, March 8, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Lax Mortuary. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 12:00 noon at Lax Mortuary. Pastor Eugene Collins Jr. will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Mazel Watson was born to Annie Ruth Everett on April 17, 1957 in Chicago, IL and moved to Kankakee, IL at an early age, where she spent all of her adult life. Mazel graduated from Kankakee Community College and was employed at Shapiro Developmental Center as a Mental Health Technician, from which she retired after 35 years of service. MazelÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s most precious time was spent with her son James, and her three grandchildren. She enjoyed people, family, traveling and quiet times reading. She leaves to cherish her memory, her son, James Watson of Kankakee, IL; one sister, Carolyn Jackson of Columbus, Mississippi; three grandchildren, Demetri Watson, Alyssa Watson and Nevaeh Watson all of Kankakee, IL; her soul mate, Rolland OÃ¢â‚¬â„¢Connor of Kankakee, IL; one aunt, Mary Collins of Kankakee, IL; two nieces, Christina Jackson of Ohio and Angela Coleman of Atlanta, GA; four nephews, Joseph Everett and Christopher Jackson, both of Ohio and Michael Horne and Anthony Horne, both of Columbus, Mississippi, and a host of cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by a brother, Joseph Horne. Ã¢â‚¬Å"Let not your hearts be troubled, ye believe in God, believe also in me.Ã¢â‚¬Â

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MAZEL WATSON

April 17, 1957 - February 27, 2013