William I. Watkins, 92, of Huntingtown died August 3, 2010, at Calvert Nursing Home. He was born September 29, 1917, in Mt. Carmel, Pa. After graduation he worked for several years in the coal mines of Pennsylvania. He entered the Army in 1942 and was discharged in 1946 as a Sergeant of the 306 Infantry. He met and married Faye Spero and they were married October 16, 1953. He retired from the Federal Government, in the Department of Labor. He worked briefly for the District of Columbia Government in the Unemployment Office. After retirement he worked as a self-employed contract painter. \n\nWilliam was preceded in death by his wife, Faye, who died February 2002. He is survived by sister-in-law Marion Rue, Arlington, VA his nieces, Carol Hayden of Sunderland, and Christine Gaudlip of Mt. Airy, MD; nephews Ben Watkins of Huntingtown, James Rothermel of Annville, PA, Ronnie Rothermel of Hardford, Connecticut, Matthew Morris of Frederick, MD, William Rue of Baltimore, and many other nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. \n\n \n\n
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