San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Bates, Merle October 10 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com October 16, 2004, 11:51 am The Record October 14, 2004 Stockton Merle Bates Dec. 11, 1934 - Oct. 10, 2004 Merle Bates, 69, of Stockton, CA passed away on Sunday, October 10, 2004. She was born December 11, 1934 in Oklahoma. Mrs. Bates was employed, in the past, as a grocery clerk for 10 years, and has resided in Stockton for the past 12 years. She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Shelley and Tony Gutierrez of Stockton; a son, Tracy Price of San Francisco; siblings, Guy Smith of Stockton, Gene Smith of Jackson, and Gerry Mobley of Stockton; and 4 grandchildren, Sasha Coca, Jacqueline Mills, Tracy Mills, and Carissa Palomino. Funeral Service will be Saturday, October 16, 2004, at 12:00 noon in the Evergreen Chapel at Cherokee Memorial Park, Hwy 99 and Harney Lane, Lodi. Committal will follow at Lodi Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Saturday, 11:00 - 12:00 noon at Evergreen Chapel. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob1807bates.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb