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GATES, Ruth F. (Bellinger) 1917-2009

GATES, BELLINGER, AXTELL, BIENFANG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 12/30/2013 at 21:53:55

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Thursday, June 5, 2009]

LA PORTE CITY - Ruth F. Gates, 92, of La Porte City, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Cedar Falls Health Care Center, Cedar Falls, of natural causes.

She was born April 15, 1917, in rural La Porte City, daughter of Ralph and Eva Axtell Bellinger. She married Donald Elgin Gates on Nov. 25, 1936, in Independence. He died Nov. 3, 1990.

Mrs. Gates graduated from La Porte City High School in 1934. She and her husband farmed in Benton County on his family's Century Farm until 1966. Later, she hung wallpaper, painted homes and made quilts for several years. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, La Porte City.

Survived by two sons, James (Lavola) of Hudson and Gary (Judy) of La Porte City; a daughter, Patricia Bienfang of St. Francis, Minn.; 10 grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Preceded in death by a brother; and a sister.

Family graveside services: will be held at West View Cemetery, La Porte City. Public visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. today at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, La Porte City, with family present. Arrangements by Locke Funeral Home, Waterloo.

Memorials may be directed to Iowa Hospice or St. Paul's United Methodist Church, La Porte City.


 

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