First married name: Della Bates
Della moved to Sonoma County during her teen years. She was the oldest child of a poor migrant worker and his wife. After moving up and down California and Oregon picking fruit and vegetables to make a meek living for his family, Elmer Curtis ended up here with his wife Edith and their seven children.
Della was a wonderful, strong woman. She endured much heartache in her life. As a young mother with five children, her baby sister committed suicide, leaving Della with an emptiness in her heart.
Between 1973 and 1978 she lost six more family members. By the end of 1978 she had become a widow at the age of 46. Her husband Edmond Bates (buried at Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, Sebastopol) died at the age of 49 years from skin cancer.
She soon married and had a wonderful life with her second husband Richard Wyatt. Dick helped her through multiple health issues beginning in 1988 until her death in 2004 from lung cancer.
Della moved to Sonoma County during her teen years. She was the oldest child of a poor migrant worker and his wife. After moving up and down California and Oregon picking fruit and vegetables to make a meek living for his family, Elmer Curtis ended up here with his wife Edith and their seven children.
Della was a wonderful, strong woman. She endured much heartache in her life. As a young mother with five children, her baby sister committed suicide, leaving Della with an emptiness in her heart.
Between 1973 and 1978 she lost six more family members. By the end of 1978 she had become a widow at the age of 46. Her husband Edmond Bates (buried at Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, Sebastopol) died at the age of 49 years from skin cancer.
She soon married and had a wonderful life with her second husband Richard Wyatt. Dick helped her through multiple health issues beginning in 1988 until her death in 2004 from lung cancer.
First married name: Della Bates
Della moved to Sonoma County during her teen years. She was the oldest child of a poor migrant worker and his wife. After moving up and down California and Oregon picking fruit and vegetables to make a meek living for his family, Elmer Curtis ended up here with his wife Edith and their seven children.
Della was a wonderful, strong woman. She endured much heartache in her life. As a young mother with five children, her baby sister committed suicide, leaving Della with an emptiness in her heart.
Between 1973 and 1978 she lost six more family members. By the end of 1978 she had become a widow at the age of 46. Her husband Edmond Bates (buried at Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, Sebastopol) died at the age of 49 years from skin cancer.
She soon married and had a wonderful life with her second husband Richard Wyatt. Dick helped her through multiple health issues beginning in 1988 until her death in 2004 from lung cancer.
Della moved to Sonoma County during her teen years. She was the oldest child of a poor migrant worker and his wife. After moving up and down California and Oregon picking fruit and vegetables to make a meek living for his family, Elmer Curtis ended up here with his wife Edith and their seven children.
Della was a wonderful, strong woman. She endured much heartache in her life. As a young mother with five children, her baby sister committed suicide, leaving Della with an emptiness in her heart.
Between 1973 and 1978 she lost six more family members. By the end of 1978 she had become a widow at the age of 46. Her husband Edmond Bates (buried at Sebastopol Memorial Lawn, Sebastopol) died at the age of 49 years from skin cancer.
She soon married and had a wonderful life with her second husband Richard Wyatt. Dick helped her through multiple health issues beginning in 1988 until her death in 2004 from lung cancer.
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