BATES, Clarence E. 1890 - 1981

BATES, ANDERSON, BAILEY, HIRD, HELFENSTINE

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:27

"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Tuesday, August 25, 1981
Page 12, Columns 1 and 2

BATES rites Wednesday

BIRMINGHAM -- Clarence E. BATES, 91, retired railroad employee, died Monday morning at the Van Buren Memorial Hospital in Keosauqua.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Burch Funeral Home in Birmingham with the Rev. David Kennedy officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.

Family visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Clarence E. BATES was born June 7, 1890, on a farm south of Salina, the son of Jerry and Winna ANDERSON BATES. His marriage to Florence Marie BAILEY took place Oct. 21, 1908. She died Aug. 11, 1974.

BATES was a longtime foreman for the Burlington Railroad. During World War II he built railroads for the government at the Iowa Ordnance Plant at Burlington and at Hastings, Nebr. He began working for the railroad when 13 years of age.

Mr. and Mrs. BATES lived on a farm east of Birmingham for a number of years. Following his wife's death BATES moved to the Fairfield Hotel.

Survivors include two daughters, Bernice HIRD, oskaloosa (sic), and Henrietta HELFENSTINE, Peoria, Ariz.; also six grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two great-grandchildren.

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"The Fairfield (Ia.) Ledger"
Tuesday, September 1, 1981
Page 11, Column 8

CARD OF THANKS

Perhaps you sent a lovely card.
Or sat quietly in a chair;
Perhaps you sent a floral piece,
If so, we saw it there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words,
As any friend could say;
Perhaps you were not there at all,
Just thought of you that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts,
We thank you so much whatever the part.

The Daughters and Families of Clarence BATES.

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*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.

Note: Buried in Lot SDiv.4-001 with wife Florence.