In Memory of Vern

Vern passed away suddenly on April 4, 2009, just 3 days after his 77th birthday. The obituary was published in the San Jose Mercury News April 17, 18, & 19. A Celebration of Life service was held on Saturday, April 25 followed by a continuation of the Celebration at Mariani's Inn and Restaurant for a few hours of food and (Vern's) wine. Thank you to each and every one who atttended

Some IBM tributes to Vern:

• From Dan Wardman, IBM Silicon Valley Lab Director
• From Carl Chamberlin
• Article for IDUG by Roger Miller
• Vern by Albin Winters
• From Sid Kornelis
• Remembering Vern by Karen Ranson
• From Judy Tse
• From Mark Ziebarth
• From Ron Blake
• Compilation of tributes from many more

Vern worked at ScaleDB for the last few years. Read their tribute to Vern.

A Tale of Vern Watts

See a YouTube video published Sept. 2008 about Vern's IBM career. There are a few minor factual updates since the storyline was written in 2002:

• We now live in San Jose, having moved from Los Altos in 2004.
• He usually works 2 days at IBM, not 3.
• He went to Washington University, not University of Washington, in St. Louis.
• No way does he stay up late at night any more!

What a great job Chris Luongo did in honoring Vern's life's work.

Photo "Albums"

To return here from a Picasa album photo, click on "Thumbnails", then on "Return to Home".

Our 2001 Oregon Vacation photos

Vern and Carol went to Palm Beach, Florida the end of May 2001 where Vern received a very nice award from IBM CEO Lou Gerstner.

In May 2000, Vern sat next to the Honorable Anna Eshoo, our esteemed Congresswoman, at a League of Women Voter's luncheon in Mountain View.

On January 15, 2002, Vern celebrated 46 years with IBM. And still counting. Read "The Tale of Vern Watts"

You can email Carol at carol@vcwatts.org.