Ottoson, Ida B.   	

KILGORE - Ida B. Ottoson was born October 29, 1915, in Utah, five pounds of 
spunk with a zeal for life. She passed away June 24, 2007, at the age of 91.

She moved to Southern California at age 8. She later married Paul S. Ottoson 
and produced two children, Gary Carl and Charlene Kay "Sherry." She was an 
excellent mother, counselor and friend.

She loved ballroom dancing, swimming, traveling and playing cards. She enjoyed 
working for many years as a piano teacher and later as a hearing aid fitter.

She embraced the faith of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1955 and continued faithful to 
that hope until the end of her life.

She was known as a classy lady with a twinkle in her eye, a wonderful laugh and 
a love for life.

Survivors include her son and daughter; five grandchildren, Paul Collins, Greg 
Ottoson, Jonathan Herd, Brandy Herd and Micah Herd; and two great-grandsons, 
Jackson and Joseph Herd.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2007, at the Kilgore Kingdom 
Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 7/11/2007.