OBIT: Sergeant M. CATES, 1978, formerly of Blair County, PA

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SERGEANT M. CATES

Of 5617 Wren Ave., El Paso, Texas, formerly of Martinsburg, died at 6:30 a.m. 
Wednesday, March 8, 1978, in his home, following an extended illness.  He 
retired as a sergeant from the Army after 25 years service.  He was born Dec. 2, 
1910, in Emo, Ontario, Canada, a son of George I. and Robina (Gadd) Cates, and 
May 10, 1944, in Martinsburg married Naomi Ritchey.  Surviving are his wife and 
five brothers and sisters, Mrs. Ellen Whitaker and Mrs. Muriel Replogle, of 
Martinsburg RD 2, Mrs. Isla Whitaker of Martinsburg RD 1, Joseph C., of Altoona 
and I. Robert of Wichita, Kan.  Mr. Cates was a member of Highland Presbyterian 
Church, El Paso, Texas, and had been a member of the Mount Pleasant Church of 
Christ, Martinsburg RD.  He was a member of the VFW.  He served in the Army in 
Europe during World War II and in the Korean war.

Altoona Mirror, March 9, 1978

CATES - Funeral services for Sgt. M. Cates of 5617 Wren Ave., El Paso, Texas, 
formerly of Martinsburg, will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, in the John C. Bolger 
Associates Funeral Home, Martinsburg, by the Rev. Marion E. Smith.  Interment in 
Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery.  Friends will be received in the funeral home 
from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Altoona Mirror, March 11, 1978