Family/Spouse: KEYSER, Robert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donna married WOOD, David Ernest [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: MEDLIN, Ronald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Medina NY Daily Register Journal - 6/13/1988

LOCKPORT - Robert E. Bates
of 463 Pine St., died Sunday in
Lockport Memorial Hospital.
He was bom April 17, 1914 in
Lockport, son of the late E4rl and
Josephine (Wallace) Bates. He was
pre-deceased by his first wife, Nina
Wilkins Bates, who died in 1965. He
married Betty Woodroe Steel in
1967.
Mr. Bates was a general foreman
for Harrison Radiator, Division of
GMC, for 39 years, retiring in 1971.
He was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Lockport, the G-9
Club, and the Olcott Yacht Club.
Survivors include his wife, Betty
(Steel) Bates; eight children, Mrs.
William (Jolcne) Heitzenrater of
South Carolina, Mrs. Robert (Donna)
Keyser of Georgia, Robert L.
(Karen) Bates of Newfane, Mrs.
Bernard (Judy) Raysor of Newfane,
Crosby E. (Barbara) Steel of Lockport,
Mrs. Barry (Susan) Nelson of
Albany, Mrs. Thomas (Debralyn)
Muscato of Candor, N.Y., and Randolph
P. Steel of Vermont; two sisters,
Mrs. Harry (Bemice) Whalen of
Lockport, Mrs. Loren (Marie) Kissinger
of North Tonawanda; 17
grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren,
and several nieces
and ncphewsj
Beginning tonight, friends may
call at the Lange Funeral Home Inc.,
186 East Ave., where the family will
be present Monday (7-9) and Tuesday
(2-4, 7-9). Funeral services will
be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the
First Baptist Church, Pine and Genesee
Streets, with interment in Corwin
Cemetery.
Memoriaj gifts may be made to
the First Baptist Church.

Robert married WILKINS, Nina E about Jan 1937 in Akron, Erie County, NY. Nina (daughter of WILKINS, Elwood and VIEHL, Eva) was born on 26 Mar 1917 in Burt, Niagara County, NY; died on 1 May 1965 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/1/1965

BATES - Nina (nee Wilkins),
of 6328 Dale Road. Newfane,
N.Y. entered into rest at Mt.
View Hospital today (May 1,
1965). Beloved wife of Robert
E.. mother of Mrs. Daniel (Jolene)
Halo, of Newfane, Mrs.
David (Donna) Wood, of Delmar
N.Y., Robert L Bates, of
Newfane, Mrs. Bernard (Judy)
Raysor. of Newfane, and Debralyn
Bates, at home. Also survived
by three grandchildren.
Friends received at the Kenneth
H. Sherrie Funeral Home
6139 East Avenue, Newfane, beginning
tonight at 7 p.m. where
private funeral services will be
held Tuesday, May 4. 1965 at 11
a.m The family will be present
the hours of 2 to 4 and 7 to
9 pm. Sunday and Monday. Interment
will be in Corwin Cemetery,
Newfane.

ALSO

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 5/3/1965

BATES - Nina (nee Wilkins),
of 6328 Dale Road, Newfane,
N.Y. entered into rest at Mt.
View Hospital Saturday (May I,
1965). Beloved wife of Robert
E., mother of Mrs. Daniel (Jolene)
Halo, of Newfane, Mrs.
David (Donna) Wood, of D e Imar,
N.Y., Robert L. Bates, of
Newfane, Mrs. Bernard (Judy)
Raysor, of Newfane. and Debralyn
Bates, at home; sister of
Mrs Ruth Secrist, Mrs. Lorraine
Lewis and Mrs. Dorothy
Sippel, all of California and
Lewis Wilkins of Florida. Aslo
survived by three grandchildren.
Friends received at t h e
Kenneth H. Sherrie Funeral
Home, 6139 East Avenue. Newfane,
where private funeral
services will be held Tuesday,
May 4, 1965 at 11 a.m. The fam-
ily will be present the hours of
2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Interment
will be in Corwin Cemetery,
Newfane.

ALSO

Niagara Gazette - 5/1/1965

NEWFANE-Mrs. Nina Wilkins
Bates, 48, of 6328 Dale
Road; died today (May 1,
1965) in Mount View Hospital,
Lockport, where she had been
a patient for four weeks.
She was born at Burt, March
26,' 1917, a daughter of Elwood
and Eva Viehl Wilkins. She
married Robert E. Bates at
Akron, N.Y., in 1936. She was
a graduate of Newfane Central
School and is a former
apple blossom queen here.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 1/6/1937

Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Wilkins announce
the marriage of their granddaughter
Nina E. Wilkins, to Robert
E. Bates of Newfane, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Sahr. The ceremony
was performed at Akron.

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 11/16/1918

Earl L Bates died at the City Hospital
on Friday evenlng, Nov. 15th.
He is survived by his wife, one daughter
and one son Bernice and Robert,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Bates
of Lockport, one sister Mrs. Lottie
A. Wilson of Long Island, Conn., two
brothers, David In the U. S. service
in France and Arthur of Lockport.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Undertaking Parlors of Taylor
& Reynolds on Sunday morning at
9:30. Interment will be In Cold
Springs cemetery

Earl + WALLACE, Josephine. Josephine (daughter of WALLACE, Robert) was born about 1893 in Lockport, Niagara County, NY; died on 19 Aug 1954 in Town of Newfane, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

North Tonawanda NY Evening News - 8/20/1954

NEWFANE, Aug. 20 -
Josephine H. Sahr, Dale Rd., died
yesterday at Buffalo following an
illness of several months.
Mrs. Sahr was born at Lockport,
a daughter of the late Mary O'-
Hara and Robert Wallace. She was
a member of Ridgewood Lutheran
Church and the Newfane American
Legion Auxiliary.
Besides her husband, George G.
Sahr, she is survived by one son
and two daughters, Robert E.
Bates, Newfane; Mrs. Harry Whalen,
Lockport and Miss Marie Sahr,
Buffalo; eight grandchildren; two
brothers and one sister, William
and Earl Wallace and Mrs. Webster
Billings, all of Lockport.
Services will be held at 2 p.m.
Monday at the home and at 2:30
at the Ridgewood Lutheran Church
with the Rev. Edward Kolbe, pastor,
officiating. Interment will be
in Cold Spring Cemetery, Lockport

Elwood + VIEHL, Eva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/18/1933

David Bates, Sr., entered into rest,
on Saturday, February 18th, 1933, at
his home 433 Park Ave. He is survived
by his wife, Rita Zates, one
daughter and two sons, Mrs. Charles
Zoss, Arthur Bates and David Bates,
Jr., and one sister Mrs. Kate Boyer
all of Lockport, and one brother William
Bates of Albion. The funeral
services will be held at his late resldence
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock. Burial at Cold Springs cem
etery.

David married ZATES, Rita J about 1878. Rita was born about 1860 in MI; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]