Ann Watson Marsia Ann Watson, member of Friends Meeting of Washington, was a quiet and modest person, who was known to only a few Friends in Washington. She was born in Brooklyn, New York to Frank Oliver and Mary Florence Price, graduated from Adelphi Academy and Adelphi College, and married Lyn Auld Watson of Stratford, Connecticut, who predeceased her. A writer of poetry and lover of words and language, most of her professional life was spent as a proofreader and editor. She joined Friends Meeting of Washington by transfer from Wilton Monthly Meeting, Wilton, Connecticut, in September, 1985.
Paths cross in strange ways.
Marsia Watson also served on the Board at the same time. The two of them worked hard to represent the interests of patients in the Plan and to ensure that the transfer of the Plan to Kaiser Permanente was done in a way to protect the rights of patients. Thompson remembers a number of conversations with Marsia Watson about her work as a proofreader at the Government Printing Office. She worked on the Congressional Record, which had to be available in printed form on an expedited basis. Marsia and Grant's association ended when Kaiser's acquisition of the Plan was complete, but Thompson remembers Watson with considerable pleasure and respect.