- L. Diane McBride Watkins, 77, of Bellefontaine, OH passed away September 4, 2011 at 2:17 PM in St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima, OH following a brief battle with cancer. She was born April 22, 1934, the daughter of the late Elmer Leroy and Donna Katherine (Insley) McBride Young. On October 21, 1956, she married John C. Watkins in Mt. Victory, Ohio and he preceded her in death after 43 years of marriage on January 4, 2002. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Richard H. McBride. She is survived by her daughter Jodi A. Dietz of South Lyon, MI and her son Jeffrey L. Watkins of Bellefontaine, two brothers, John Michael McBride of Plain City, OH and Leonard Young of Huntsville, OH, three grandchildren, Dawn Littell of Sidney, NY, Misty Ziegler of Buffalo, NY and Brittany Yaw of Hastings, MI, five great grandchildren, James C. Martin, Alyssa, Tabitha, Samantha Ziegler, and Celeste Yaw, and numerous nieces and nephews. She graduated from Rushsylvania High School in 1952 and then from Miami Valley Nursing School in 1956. She worked as an RN at Mary Rutan Hospital, then as a social worker for Logan County Welfare Department and then as an industrial nurse at DAB Industries from which she retired from in 1989.
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