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Ruby M. <I>Edmonds</I> Bates

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Ruby M. Edmonds Bates

Birth
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Death
13 Jul 2015 (aged 74)
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Oakland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.3254251, Longitude: -95.3808426
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Ruby married Richard Bates on August 19, 1955 and together they owned and operated “Porkey’s” Restaurant on 8th and Broadway for 6 years. Ruby worked many years for Kiess Kraft Dental Lab in Omaha and after her retirement, she was employed by First Student as a bus monitor. She attended El Bethel Assembly of God Church.

Ruby was preceded in death by parents, Arthur and Marie Edmonds and brothers, Kenneth and his wife, Shirley Leek, and Virgil Leek.

Ruby is survived by her husband of nearly 60 years, Richard Bates; her son, Al Bates; her grandsons, Adrian & Allen; her great granddaughters, Abbey & Alyssa; her sister, Barbara Petersen; her brothers, Glenn (Goldie) Hanson & Garold “Butch” (Brenda) Hanson; her sister-in-law, Mary Leek; her brothers-in-law, Duane (Betty) Bates & Norman (Carole) Bates; her sisters-in-law, Bonnie Allen & Shirley (Gordon)Frizzell; her nieces; her nephews; her friends; and her Bingo “buddies”.
Ruby married Richard Bates on August 19, 1955 and together they owned and operated “Porkey’s” Restaurant on 8th and Broadway for 6 years. Ruby worked many years for Kiess Kraft Dental Lab in Omaha and after her retirement, she was employed by First Student as a bus monitor. She attended El Bethel Assembly of God Church.

Ruby was preceded in death by parents, Arthur and Marie Edmonds and brothers, Kenneth and his wife, Shirley Leek, and Virgil Leek.

Ruby is survived by her husband of nearly 60 years, Richard Bates; her son, Al Bates; her grandsons, Adrian & Allen; her great granddaughters, Abbey & Alyssa; her sister, Barbara Petersen; her brothers, Glenn (Goldie) Hanson & Garold “Butch” (Brenda) Hanson; her sister-in-law, Mary Leek; her brothers-in-law, Duane (Betty) Bates & Norman (Carole) Bates; her sisters-in-law, Bonnie Allen & Shirley (Gordon)Frizzell; her nieces; her nephews; her friends; and her Bingo “buddies”.

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obit & photo courtesy of Hoy-Kilnoski


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  • Created by: Dan E. W
  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149298981/ruby_m-bates: accessed ), memorial page for Ruby M. Edmonds Bates (4 Jan 1941–13 Jul 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149298981, citing Oaklawn Cemetery, Oakland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Dan E. W (contributor 47833011).