Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Bates, Hildreth L. (Bywater) 1979
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Ionia Sentinel Standard, 5 Feb 1979

Mrs. Hildreth Bates, 74, of 401 Jermyn died Sunday evening at the Belding
Christian Nursing home where she had been a residence since November.  She was
born in Odessa township, Ionia county, February 26, 1904, the daughter of George
and Dora (Buxton) Bywater.  Mrs. Bates attended schools in Lake Odessa and
worked for Wurzburg of Grand Rapids.

On November 26, 1924 in Lansing, she married Floyd Bates.  They made their home
on farms in Odessa and Sebewa townships before moving to Ionia in 1944.   They
have spent the last several winters in Arizona.

She worked for Ypsilanti Reed, Ionia Manufacturing and retired from A.O. Smith
in 1966 and was a member of the Zion United Methodist church.

Survivors include her husband Floyd of Ionia; two sons, Donald of Ionia and
Darold Joe of Elkhart, Ind.; one daughter, Mrs. Dean (Marjorie) Kimmel of Lake
Odessa; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs.
Wayne (Leona) Growell of Palm Springs, Ca.

Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zion United Methodist church
with Rev. Nolan Williams officiating.  Committal service will be at the church
with later interment in Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery.


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