She had worked at Jefferson County Public Schools, the Shively Newsweek, City of Shively and Churchill Downs.
Mrs. Wathen was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard, sons, Richard and Michael A.; daughter, Virginia; and granddaughter, Emily.
She is survived by two sons, Michael B. Wathen (Ruth) and Bernard Wathen (Patty); daughter, Fran Benningfield; three grandchildren, Christopher Wathen (Amanda), Sean Wathen (Skye) and Andrew Cunningham (Jennifer); and three great-grandchildren, Zora, Sebastian and Nathan.
Her funeral will be on Saturday at 9:30am at the St. Louis Bertrand Catholic Church, 1104 S. 6th Street. Visitation will be on Friday from 2pm until 8pm at the Heady-Hardy Funeral Home.