Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries..... Bates, Richard Earl Jr October 27, 1997
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Latrobe Bulletin, Thu, Oct 30, 1997 Page 20
Richard Earl Bates Jr., 47, formerly of Ligonier, died unexpectedly Monday, Oct.
27, 1997, at his home in Macedon, N. Y. "Dicky" was born March 13, 1950, in
Wilkinsburg and baptized at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Darlington. He grew up on his parents' farm on Route 259 and graduated from
Ligonier Valley Senior High School in 1968. He also graduated from trucking
school and served two years in the U. S. Marine Corps. He was employed for many
years at Standard Steel In Latrobe until he relocated to Liverpool, N. Y. There
he worked for 11 years for CTS and most recently was employed at Brooks
Associates in Macedon as an industrial machinist. He was a former member of
Ligonier Valley Jaycees and the Waterford Sportsman's Association. Dick was a
loving husband and father and an avid sportsman. He enjoyed going on hunting and
fishing excursions with his sons, friends and family members and spent a lot of
time at their hunting camp in Tionesta. He was preceded in death by his father,
Richard E. Bates Sr., and his stepfather, Frank I. Crowe. In addition to his
mother, Gloria Ruth Johnson Bates Crowe of Ligonier, he is survived by his wife
of 26 years, Helen Jane Goodman Bates, and two sons, Nathan Christopher (and his
fiancee, Amie Vicki) and Shawn Richard of Macedon; two brothers, Rodger C. of
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and Phillip A. of Fort Eustis, Va.; two sisters,
Cynthia I. Sheehy (and her husband, Michael) and Tameia M. Corcoran (and her
husband, Jack), all of Ligonier; many nieces and nephews; his stepsister, M.
Jane Sieasman of Ligonier; six stepbrothers, James Crowe of Arizona, Richard
Crowe, Donald Crowe and Mark Crowe of Ligonier, Jeffery Crowe of Huntingdon and
Jonathan Crowe of Windgap. Private viewing will be held Thursday, Oct. 30, in
Payne and Murphy Funeral Home, Macedon. A public memorial service will be held
10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 31, in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made
to the American Heart Association, 615 S. Main St., Greensburg, PA 15601. 



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