Olive Cawley Watson

WATSON-Olive Cawley, at the age of 86, passed away peacefully in her home on November 13, 2004 in Greenwich, CT, surrounded by her family. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Watson, Jr., former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM and an ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Carter administration. She will be deeply missed by her children: Thomas J. Watson, III, Jeannette Sanger, Olive F. Watson, Lucinda Watson, Susan Watson and Helen Blodgett; her grandchildren: Katherine Watson Shiatis, Thomas William Watson and Bonnie Watson Underwood; Ralph Watson McElvenny and Andrew and Matthew Sanger; Wiley and Flynn Grover/Watson; Christina Kew and Annabel and Alexander Mehran; Blake, Skye and Lily Whitman; and Oliver, Natasha, Whitney and Cosimo Blodgett; and her greatgrandchild, William Watson Underwood. Born in New York, NY, she had a career as a successful model, appearing on the cover of Vogue and other magazines. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and loved skiing and sailing. She supported many civic and charitable organizations during her life, including the Greenwich Hospital, the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University, the New York Botanical Garden, the YWCA International Council, the New York City Mission and the Montclair Kimberly School in New Jersey. Funeral services will be held on November 18 at 2 PM at the Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Rd., Greenwich, CT, with a reception to follow at the Round Hill Club, Greenwich. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Greenwich Hospital Bendheim Cancer Center, 5 Perryridge Rd., Greenwich, CT. 06830.