On August 30, 2011 MARTHA Y. WATKINS (nee Yerkes); beloved wife of Palmer R. Watkins; loving mother of John Watkins and wife Janine Thomas, Deborah Blair and husband James; cherished grandmother of Ellen, Emily, Robert, Kate, Timothy, Trish and Julie; dear sister of Robert N. Yerkes Jr. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert N. Yerkes, Marian Clark Yerkes and her step-mother Ethel R. Yerkes.
Family will receive friends on Thursday from 6-9PM at STERLING-ASHTON-SCHWAB-WITZKE FUNERAL HOME OF CATONSVILLE, INC.; 1630 Edmondson Avenue; Catonsville, MD 21228. A private burial will take place in Oxford, PA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American Cancer Society; 8219 Town Center Drive; Baltimore, Maryland 21236. Online condolences may be made at www.sterlingashtonschwabwitzke.com