1926 – 2022
Calvin Watson lived a long, full life. He was 96 years old. To the many family members and loved ones who were lucky enough to hear them, his life became a treasured series of stories, full of wisdom and adventure, about boyhood fishing trips into the mountains, collecting rocks and arrowheads, and prospecting for uranium. He built houses and worked as a farmhand. He worked on the railroad. And he served in the Pacific Theater in WWII, where he flew many missions from the SS Shamrock naval aircraft carrier. He built a long and successful career as a petroleum geologist, and he helped raise five children.
But always, his heart stayed like a boy’s, heading toward the Gallinas Canyon in the mountains near Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he was born. He had the timelessness of the hills and the hard honesty of a cold, clear, rushing mountain stream in his soul.
He was an honorable man.
Public visitation will be held Sunday March 13, 2022 from 1:00PM to 5:00PM at Matthews Funeral Home.
Services will be held Monday March 14th, 2022 at 10:00AM at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel. Interment is to follow at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery, 7500 W Britton Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73132.
We will be live streaming this service in an effort to accommodate those people that wish to attend but feel they should not due to health regulations. To watch the service CLICK HERE to go to our YouTube page. Click on ‘Videos’, then ‘Live Streams’.