Wilma Jean Bates Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Wilma Jean Bates of Crystal Falls, Michigan, who passed away at the age of 90, on March 9, 2024. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Wilma Jean Bates to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Earl Ewig and Ada Ewig; her husband Vern Bates; her children, Janine LaChapelle and Larry Bates; her granddaughter Alexandra "Alex" LaChapelle; and her siblings, Arlene Heitz, June Feak and John Ewig.
She is survived by: her children, Nancy Gaasbeck of Crystal Falls, Thomas Bates of Crystal Falls and Bonnie Nakayama of Livermore, California; her grandchildren, Alyson Dettmann (Dave), Meaghan LaChapelle, Mary Hegstrom (Jereck), Sierra Holmes (Craig), Kristi Nurmi (Jacob), Brianna Bates, Jennifer Nakayama, Colton LaChapelle and TJ Gaasbeck; her great grandchildren, Connor Rajala, Alexis LaChapelle, Alexis Dettmann, Lizzy LaChapelle, Tianna Stebbins, Jason Kapaun, Desmond Brown, Zuri Brown, Ava Nurmi and Noah Nurmi; her sister Mary Quinn of Kokomo; and her sister-in-law Dorothy Slivensky of Crystal Falls.
