Shirley Waterman

November 10, 2012

Shirley S. Waterman, 86, formerly of Tanglewood Manor and Newland Ave., Jamestown, died at 6:50 P.M. Tuesday (Nov. 6, 2012) in the Heritage Village Rehab and Skilled Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 1, 1926 in Jamestown, the daughter of J. Willard and Ethel C. Smith Wellman, and was a graduate of Panama Central High School. Prior to retiring in 1980, she had been a real estate broker, owning and operating her own office. In earlier years she had been employed by Connie Grey and the 4 Housemen real estate offices. A member of the Lakewood Baptist Church, she was a very independent woman who at the age of 70 bought a house to fix up. She enjoyed bird watching, sewing, and travel, but most of all loved being with her family. Surviving are a daughter, Laura S. (George) Renker of Ridge Manor, Fla.; two sons: James V. (Barbara) Bergman of Ashville, and Gary N. (Cindy) Bergman of Jamestown; ten grandchildren: Daniel (Melinda), Jacques, and Vaner (Becca) Devereaux, Michelle Prince, Dawn, James (Danielle), Joseph C. (Kayla), and Kelly Bergman, Jessica Morgan Gill, and Kimberly (Eugene) Johnson; fourteen great grandchildren: Alex, Andrew, Aiden, John, Jarrett, Jordan, Caitlin, and Jenna Devereaux, William Nagy, Nicholas Weitschat, Dylan and Cooper Bergman, Xavier Perry and Jaleiya Glover; three great great grandchildren; three stepchildren: Linda (Ted) Lindquist of Stow, Penny Smith of Watts Flats, and Gary Waterman of Arizona; and several step grandchildren and step great grandchildren. In addition to her father in 1973 and her mother in 1980, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Vaner Bergman in 1968; her second husband, James Waterman in 2000; a son, Roger Bergman in 2010; a grandson, Nicholas Bergman; a great grandson, Demarius Bergman, a step daughter, Kathy Waterman in 2010; and by five sisters: Marjorie Cross in 1993, Marion Summerfield in 1967, Helen Johnson in 2004, Lucille Bacon in 2004, and Priscilla Young in 1996. The funeral will be at 1:00 P.M. Saturday in Powers, Present & Sixbey Funeral Home. Pastor Daniel Cook of the Lakewood Baptist Church will officiate. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery, Niobe. The family will receive friends from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Saturday in the funeral home. To send a message to the family, visit www.presentsixbeyfuneral.com. Memorials may be made to the Lakewood Baptist Church, 150 Erie St., Lakewood, N.Y. 14750.