Obituary of Robert Allen Watts
Robert Allen Watts
Robert Allen Watts of Lower Makefield Township, PA died on Thursday May 13, 2021 at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA.
Born in New York, NY, son of the late Arthur Wattsand Helen Allen Watts, formerly of Long Island, he resided in Lower Makefield for the past 19 years.
A graduate of the Stony Brook School and Brown University, Bob had a multifaceted business career, owning and operating three companies: a Manufacturer, Sherwatt Wire Cloth Co.; an importer, Allen Products, and a real estate venture, Murray Street Associates.
A member of the Navy ROTC at Brown, Bob served two years as a Lieutenant JG in the US Navy with active seaborne deployments including the USS Des Moines.
Husband of the late Piera Scagliotti Watts, he is survived by his wife, Charlotte Heuer Watts; son and daughter-in-law, John Allen Watts and Debora Santos-Watts of Yonkers, NY; two daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia M. and Todd Gunerman of Yardley, PA, and Sandra and Jerry Courtney of Langhorne, PA; four grandchildren, Michaela Maria Vommoro, and Austin, Ethan and Sienna Courtney, and niece, Christina Leto and her husband, Captain Frank Leto of Garden City, NY.
His funeral service will be at 10am Thursday May 20th at the FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home, 17 S. Delaware Avenue (River Road), Yardley, PA. Burial will follow in the Newtown Cemetery, Newtown, PA. Friends may call from 5pm to 8pm Wednesday May 19th at the funeral home, with Words of Remembrance at 7pm.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to The Stony Brook School | Give Now (my schoolapp.com) in Robert Allen Watts name, Class of 1952.