Helen Louise Watson passed away Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at The Commons at Union Ranch in Manteca at the age of 89. She was born in Beaman, Mo on Aug. 10, 1924, to the late Noah and Amanda (Lane) Lee. Helen is survived by her daughters: Patricia Bridgeman and her husband, John of Los Gatos, Calif., Carol Whaley and her husband, Sean of Carson City, Calif.; sons, B.J. Watson and his wife, Elizabeth of Ripon, Calif., and Ken Watson of Manteca, Calif.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.