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We are celebrating the life of Gladys Marcussen Watts. She was born on December 23, 1922 and quietly passed in her sleep on November 29, 2025 in Albuquerque, N.M., at the age of 102. She was preceded in death by Woodrow, her spouse of 57 years.
She is survived by Claude and Lori Watts of Las Vegas, Nev., Annette and Robert Buzzell of Monticello , and Woodrow, Jr. and Alana Watts of Albuquerque N.M. Grandchildren: Claude Watts, Jr.; Larry and Liz Watts; Joseph and Samantha Watts; Mary and Chris Apple/Grey; Angelia and David Prokash; Nancy and Jesus Ortega; Jason and Sara Russell; Jamie and Ricky McDaniel, Charles Brown; Erin Watts and James Ratcliff. Great Grandchildren: Tyler and Taegin Watts; Luke and Joseph Apple; Alyssa Hanna, Hayden, and Devin Prokash; Landary, Ember, Ryker, and Owen Ratcliff; Roxann and Vincent Russell; Manuel, Andrea, and Daniella Ortega; and Tiffiny Watts.
She was born 10 miles out of Charleston in a log cabin. When she was five years old, moved with her parents, Arthur and Emer Marcussen and sister Pauline, in a covered wagon, to Monticello. She graduated from Monticello High School in 1942. After graduation she went to work in the Monticello Cotton Mill. When WWII broke out, she moved and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area shipyards welding Liberty Ships for the US Navy. She was one of the few women to master the overhead weld process. She returned to Monticello where she met and married Woodrow Watts, a Navy Petty Officer. They moved to Norfolk, Va. where Gladys went back to work welding war ships.
In 1949 they moved to Albuquerque NM where they raised their family. She retired from Siemens in Albuquerque. Gladys absolutely loved playing BINGO; traveling; and bowling in national tournaments.
We are forever grateful for a lifetime of love, support, laughter, and most importantly the memories she left. Go peacefully into God’s loving hands.
Funeral services and burial are pending.
