Obituary abstracted by Dolores Bohn from The Courier Journal 5/13/2008
Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY
Helen Rose Wathen, 96, died Monday, May 12, 2008. Funeral: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Joseph Church. Visitation 2-8 p.m. Tuesday, Mann and Greenwell.
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From The KY Standard - 5/14/2008 Bardstown, Nelson Co, KY
Helen Rose Wathen, 96, Bardstown, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Colonial Health and Rehab Center. She was born Aug. 18, 1911, in Springfield. She was a homemaker, a former employee of Colonial Nursing Home and St. Joseph School Cafeteria, a member of the Plum Run Homemakers and St. Joseph Parish. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Leo Wathen, Sr.; three sons, Joseph Leo Wathen Jr., Joseph Donald Wathen, and Jerry Wathen; her parents, Robert Lee and Regina Simms Clements; and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include five sons, Harold Wathen, Jimmy Wathen and Billy Wathen, all of Bardstown, Mike Wathen, Cedar Grove and Tommy Wathen, Largo, FL; five daughters, Carolyn Ballard, Flo Hobbs, Lois Ballard, Martha Bickett, all of Bardstown, and Margaret Deviney, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.; 32 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; 14 great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Joe Clements, Bardstown; a sister, Margaret Mudd, Springfield; and several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian burial is 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Basilica of St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery. The Rev. Bill Hammer will officiate. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home with a prayer service at 6 p.m. by Deacon John Hamilton. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Joseph School Building Fund or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mann and Greenwell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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Parents: Robert Lee & Mary Regina Simms Clements
1/2 Siblings:
Joseph Medley Clements
Margaret Elizabeth Clements Mudd

Siblings:
Robert Bertrand Clements
Ida Elizabeth Clements
Margaret Ellen Clements
Thomas Gilroy Clements
Paul Camilus Clements
Fredrick Anthony Clements
Mary Louise Clements Armanentos
Francis Kernin Clements
Evelyn Isbel Clements Taylor

Children:
Carolyn Rose Cook Ballard
Flora Ernestine Hobbs
Mary Lois Ballard
Joseph Harold Wathen
Margaret Mary Wathen Deviney Runner
James Patrick Wathen
Robert Gerard Wathen
Martha Ann Wathen Bickett
Robert Michael Wathen