22 Oct 1982, Fri - Page 8
Obituaries
Edna Elsie Bates
TWIN FALLS- Edna Elsie Bates, 79, of Twin Falls, died Wednesday evening at Magic Valley Regional Medical Center after a long illness.
Born Jan. 28, 1903, in Sidney, Neb., she married Percy Glen Bates on Sept. 3, 1921, in Sterling, Colo. He died Nov. 23, 1975.
She moved to Nampa in 1933 and to Twin Falls in 1944, where she had resided since.
Surviving are: her mother, Laura Masse of San Diego; three daughters, Dorothy Zdabus of Pioneer, Calif., Janice Dotson of Hansen and Mary Van Doren of Olivehurst, Calif.; a son, Donald Bates of Nampa; two brothers, Earl Masse of Mountain View, Calif., and Ben Sheckler of Lynnwood, Wash.; four sisters, Helen Hendrick of Sidney, Neb., and Hazel Stout, Mary Brown and Virginia Denton, all of San Diego; 17 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son and a brother.
The graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park under the direction of White Mortuary in Twin Falls.
22 Oct 1982, Fri - Page 8
Obituaries
Edna Elsie Bates
TWIN FALLS- Edna Elsie Bates, 79, of Twin Falls, died Wednesday evening at Magic Valley Regional Medical Center after a long illness.
Born Jan. 28, 1903, in Sidney, Neb., she married Percy Glen Bates on Sept. 3, 1921, in Sterling, Colo. He died Nov. 23, 1975.
She moved to Nampa in 1933 and to Twin Falls in 1944, where she had resided since.
Surviving are: her mother, Laura Masse of San Diego; three daughters, Dorothy Zdabus of Pioneer, Calif., Janice Dotson of Hansen and Mary Van Doren of Olivehurst, Calif.; a son, Donald Bates of Nampa; two brothers, Earl Masse of Mountain View, Calif., and Ben Sheckler of Lynnwood, Wash.; four sisters, Helen Hendrick of Sidney, Neb., and Hazel Stout, Mary Brown and Virginia Denton, all of San Diego; 17 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son and a brother.
The graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park under the direction of White Mortuary in Twin Falls.
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