Wayne Watrous 1881-1881
2010
The Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa
Wayne Watrous was the infant son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was the second child in a family of four sons. Only two lived to adulthood. Of Earl, Wayne, Everest and Martin, only Earl and Everest survived. Wayne followed brother Earl Pancake Watrous and was followed by a brother Everest Elliott Watrous who is our direct ancestor. The last brother of these four was Martin Watrous, born about 1885 in Utah. He lived under one year as well. Records were very scanty until the turn of the century in Red Oak according to a local researcher. There was a birth and a death notice on file in Red Oak, Iowa for Wayne Watrous, stating that he died of cholera infantum. His birth was also recorded including the birthplaces of his parents and their ages. Although we now know that Wayne was born and died in Red Oak, Iowa, the Evergreen Cemetery, which is the only cemetery in the town, has no record of his burial although local records exist for his death. But we were assured that he was certainly buried there but without a record that could be found. It is a beautiful cemetery, high on a hill overlooking the rural Iowa countryside. Although direct ancestor Everest Elliott Watrous was born after the death of his brother Wayne, when he became a father, he named one of his sons Wayne.