Lena LaVern Kovarik

Mrs. Kovarik was a member of Sterling Baptist Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois. She volunteered at the Senior Citizen Center, in Collinsville, Illinois. She loved to dance, especially country line dancing. She devoted much of her life to being a caretaker, and helped everyone she knew. She was a loving, strong, and determined person, who will truly be missed by all who knew her.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Watts; a daughter, Noritta Watts; a son, Richard A. Watts; two grandchildren, Susan Painter and Christine Daniel; two great grandchildren, Jacqueline Daniel and Seth Collins; her parents, Henry and Mary Ann, nee Cassidy, Sadler; a brother, Edward Sadler; and two sisters, Nellie Pirtle and Marjorie May Doll.

Surviving are her children, Robert C. (Carmen) Watts, Sr., of Palm Coast, Florida, Diana L. (Rocky) Collins, of Troy, Illinois, and Sandra K. (Joseph, Jr.) Daniel, of Collinsville, Illinois; grandchildren, Wendy (Larry) Miller, Robert C. (Karen) Watts, Jr., Donald Allen, John Allen, Russell Allen, Joe (Trish) Collins, Lauren Collins, Thomas (Kristen) Collins, JoAnna Nix, Joseph Daniel, and Angela Daniel; great grandchildren, David, Kiersten, Megan(Devin), Andrew, Jessica, Ricky, Christopher, Hanna, Dylan, Ethan, Mason, Parker, Carter, Steven, Katie, Lola, and Josie; a great-great grandchild, Payton Scheitlin; a sister, Lillian Layton; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Memorials are appreciated to SSM Hospice or Sterling Baptist Church. Condolences may be expressed online at www.lakeviewfuneralhm.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, Wednesday, October 8, 2014, at Lake View Funeral Home, Fairview Heights, Illinois.

Funeral: Services will be held at Noon, Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at the funeral home with Pastor David Gray officiating. Interment will follow in Lake View Memorial Gardens, Fairview Heights, Illinois.