Dwight Dale Gates (1999)
GATES, TELLA
Posted By: Eileen Reed (email)
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:04:35
The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Page 31, Column 3DWIGHT "DALE" GATES
MarshalltownDwight “Dale" Gates, 86, of Marshalltown died of a respiratory ailment Sunday at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at PurseI-Davis Funeral Home in Marshalltown, with burial at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Gates was born in St Charles and moved to Marshalltown in 1938. He worked for 35 years as a machine operator for Fisher Controls and retired in 1975. He was a member of Central Christian Church, United Auto Workers and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and he volunteered at Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown Senior Citizens Center and area nursing homes.
Survivors include a daughter, Sharon Tella of Marshalltown; a brother, William of Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren; and 22 great grandchildren.
Friends may call today from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to his church.
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