Arlene Pearl "Pinkie" Watt, 91, of Oley, formerly of Lewes, Del., passed away peacefully in her daughters home on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. She was the wife of the late William Paul Watt, Sr. Sadly William, Sr. passed in 2000.
Born in Reading on December 16, 1927, Pinkie was a daughter of the late Harold and Pearl M. (Stoudt) Heckman. She was a Reading High School graduate. She was employed part time at Palmer's Candies, Kelray Knitting Mills and Wegman's Poultry Farm.
Pinkie volunteered at her church Thrift Store in Delaware. She was very active in the church with the ladies group and helped out with the soup kitchen and singing hymns. She enjoyed gardening, flowers and plants.
Surviving are six children: Janet Rae (Watt) Levan and her husband, D. Nelson of Orchard, IA, Bonnie Lynn (Watt) Schaeffer and her husband, William of Womelsdorf, Eva Pearl (Watt) Hart, of Exeter Twp., wife of the late David Hart, Ricky Lee Watt and his wife, Ellen of Oley, William Paul Watt, Jr. of Topton and Sandra Kay (Watt) Griesmer and her husband, Lee of Oley; 15 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren and a brother, Burt Heckman of Venice, FL.
In addition to her parents, and her husband; Pinkie is predeceased by three sons, John William Watt (2013), Michael Anthony Watt (1973) and Frank Scott Watt (2014); a brother, Charles Poulton and a sister, Doris (Heckman) Moyer.
A funeral service will be at 11am on Monday, November 11, 2019 in Auman's Inc. Funeral home, 390 W. Neversink Rd., Reading, PA 19606. A viewing will be in the funeral home on Monday from 10 to 11am. Pinkie will be laid to rest beside her sweetheart, William, Sr. in Friedens Cemetery, Oley.
Fond memories and online condolences can be shared with the family at www. AumansInc.com
