Thelma M. Bates Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Thelma M. Bates of Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who passed away at the age of 89, on February 17, 2022. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Thelma M. Bates to show support.
She was loved and cherished by many people including: her parents, Robert Appel and Thelma Appel (Janecek); her husband Charles I. Bates, Jr.; her daughters, Sandra Lee Spitery of Falls Church, VA, Leslie S. Malek-Madani of Paonia, CO, Sharon L. Howell of Evans Mills, NY and Lynn S. Bates of Colorado Springs, CO; and her siblings, Elizabeth Topham and Robert Appel. She was also cherished by 8 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild.
Those wishing to make a donation in her memory are asked to consider the Child Evangelism Fellowship 16 Charleston St, Wellsboro, PA 16901.
