Funeral services for Kristen Watt age 75 of Eagle Butte will be 10:30 AM, Monday, December 1, 2014 at Kesling Funeral Chapel in Mobridge. Visitations starting 1 hour prior to services. Burial will be in Oakes View Cemetery in Oakes, North Dakota under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home. Kristen passed away, Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Sanford Medical Health in Bismarck, ND.

Kris was born May 18, 1939 in Oakes, ND to Sigvard (Sig) and Faith Eunice (Morse) Kvigne. She graduated high school in Oakes, and went on to attend Bible College in Ellendale, ND.

Kris married Vernon Watt on December 31st, 1961 in Ellendale, ND, and returned with him to Canada, where the couple lived for a number of years before returning to Oakes, ND. The family then settled in Eagle Butte, SD, where Kris was both manager and cook in the Little Dakota Café, and built a reputation for great cooking. Before retiring, Kris would go on to work as a cook in local restaurants, and run a home daycare. Kris also enjoyed decades of service as an Avon representative.

Kris is survived by her children and their spouses: Keith and Lynn Watt of Eagle Butte, SD, Rebecca and Tim Hansen of Sioux Falls, SD, Joseph and Soyla Watt of Flagstaff, AZ, Vernon and Jennifer Watt of Tampa, FL, Stanley Watt of Gillette, WY; 13 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren; Oscar Kvigne (brother) of Oakes, ND; 4 sisters: Karen Swanson of Grand Forks, ND; Nancy Nicholson of Dassel, MN: Beverly Pickle of Oakes, ND; Joyce Anderson of Wakefield, MI, and especially dear friends, Marsha Shelby, and Curtis Simon and Megan Wright of Eagle Butte, SD.

Kris was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Watt; son, Jeffery Watt; Grandson, Jeffery Jr. Watt; parents, Sigvard and Eunice Kvigne; brother, Kenneth Kvigne.