Dorothy Ann Bates, 92, of Zionsville, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Dorothy was born in Loogootee, Indiana on March 7, 1932, a daughter of the late Clifford and Marie (Lence) Reynolds. She leaves behind her children, Raymond Allen (Diana) Bates, Susanne Wiley-Evans, Monica Ushakoff, Pamela (David) Dewhirst, John Bates and Andrew (Judy) Bates.Continue Reading
Dorothy Ann Bates, 92, of Zionsville, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
Dorothy was born in Loogootee, Indiana on March 7, 1932, a daughter of the late Clifford and Marie (Lence) Reynolds.
She leaves behind her children, Raymond Allen (Diana) Bates, Susanne Wiley-Evans, Monica Ushakoff, Pamela (David) Dewhirst, John Bates and Andrew (Judy) Bates. She also leaves behind 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, daughter Jennifer Bates, and grandchildren Jason Wiley and Macie Bates.
The family wants everyone to know what a loving, sweet, strong woman she was. Her family was everything to her. She will be forever loved and greatly missed.
A graveside service will be held for her on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 for immediate family only at Lincoln Memory Gardens Cemetery. Her arrangements were entrusted to Simplicity Funeral and Cremation Care, Zionsville Chapel.
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