Obituaries : Virginia “Ginny” Watt

Virginia “Ginny” Watt, 69, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025, at The University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. Celebration of Life: 3 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2025, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids with visitation to begin one hour prior.

Ginny was born September 13, 1956, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Donald and Doris (Small) Carron. She graduated from Metamora Township High School in 1974. On May 27, 1978, Ginny was united in marriage to Montylee Watt in Alton, Illinois. Ginny received her BA in Special Education from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1989. She worked as a teacher at KinderCare, and she also worked at Rockwell Collins. Ginny loved quilting, crocheting, word finds, crosswords, reading, judging high school speech competitions, and video games, especially World of Warcraft.

Survivors include her husband, Montylee Watt of Cedar Rapids; children, Devin (Gianna) Watt of Manilla, Philippines, Melissa Watt of Ohio, Valerie Cross (Shane) of Atkins, Iowa, and Ian Watt of Cedar Rapids; nine grandchildren; sisters, Shannon Doerr, Kelli Doerr, Gail Hidden, and Valerie Sinks; many nieces and nephews; and her dogs, Lily and Rosie.

She was preceded in death by her infant brother; parents; maternal grandmother, June; and nephew, Shannon Watt.

Memorials may be directed to the Cedar Valley Humane Society in Ginny’s honor.