An obituary was published in The Ottumwa Courier for Cecil Stanlee Bates on Thursday, April 15, 1993. He lived on Ottumwa Route 4, and he died at his home.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Samuel Lewis and Pearl M. Ware Bates. He married LaVilla Waters on January 14, 1932, in Ottumwa.
Cecil was employed at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric for 30 years, retiring in 1976. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life-time member of the Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve.
He was survived by his wife, a son, six daughters, 19 grandchildren, including two who were raised in the home, and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Stanlee; two granddaughters; his parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Alvin; and two sisters, Florence Barrett and Irene Hathaway.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Samuel Lewis and Pearl M. Ware Bates. He married LaVilla Waters on January 14, 1932, in Ottumwa.
Cecil was employed at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric for 30 years, retiring in 1976. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life-time member of the Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve.
He was survived by his wife, a son, six daughters, 19 grandchildren, including two who were raised in the home, and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Stanlee; two granddaughters; his parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Alvin; and two sisters, Florence Barrett and Irene Hathaway.
An obituary was published in The Ottumwa Courier for Cecil Stanlee Bates on Thursday, April 15, 1993. He lived on Ottumwa Route 4, and he died at his home.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Samuel Lewis and Pearl M. Ware Bates. He married LaVilla Waters on January 14, 1932, in Ottumwa.
Cecil was employed at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric for 30 years, retiring in 1976. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life-time member of the Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve.
He was survived by his wife, a son, six daughters, 19 grandchildren, including two who were raised in the home, and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Stanlee; two granddaughters; his parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Alvin; and two sisters, Florence Barrett and Irene Hathaway.
He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Samuel Lewis and Pearl M. Ware Bates. He married LaVilla Waters on January 14, 1932, in Ottumwa.
Cecil was employed at Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric for 30 years, retiring in 1976. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and a life-time member of the Wapello County Sheriff's Reserve.
He was survived by his wife, a son, six daughters, 19 grandchildren, including two who were raised in the home, and 10 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Stanlee; two granddaughters; his parents; two brothers, Lawrence and Alvin; and two sisters, Florence Barrett and Irene Hathaway.
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