Wright, Mabel Leona Watson

Mabel Leona Watson Wright, 89, of Lisbon, died Monday, April 9, 2012, in Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Funeral services for Mabel will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Morgan Funeral Choices, Mount Vernon. Mabel's family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday. Mabel is to be buried in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, alongside her husband Ivan.

Surviving Mabel are her children, Keith (Carolyn) Wright of Connecticut and Gary (Joanne) Wright of Massachusetts; her grandchildren, BethAnn Wright and Meridith (Todd) Tondalo of Connecticut, David Wright of Massachusetts and Sara Wright of Texas. She had three great-grandchildren in Connecticut, Cooper, Chase and Carson Tondalo. Also surviving Mabel are several nieces and nephews.

Preceding Mabel in death were her parents, and six brothers, John, Alfred, Leslie, Mervin, Clare, and her twin, Orville.

Mabel was born May 3, 1922, in Marion, the daughter of Frank and Jessie (Birkett) Watson. She married Ivan Wright in 1940 in Central City. Mabel and Ivan raised their family on farms in Central City and Decorah before Ivan passed away in June 1963. She spent many years as a caregiver for the elderly before retiring to Myers Meadow in Lisbon, where she remained until moving to Living Center West in Cedar Rapids.

Her children would like to give special recognition to her niece, Marla Watson Carnahan, who lovingly cared for her Aunt “Mabe.”

Online condolences: www.morganfuneralchoices.com

Published April 15, 2012 in The Gazette