Ferda M. Bates Obituary (1933

Ferda M. Bates born on Nov. 2, 1933 in Oil City, Pa. left us early on the morning of Nov. 27, 2023 to join her husband Raymond C. Bates in eternity. Her daughter Jill R. Bates of Washington, granddaughter Kaitlyn Swartz, grandson Jacob Swartz, his wife Melissa and great granddaughter Haven of Virginia remember and hold dear the vibrant lover of basketball, jigsaw puzzles, tennis, figure skating, bowling, golf, Scrabble, medical nonfiction and her endless games of Connect Four. She is also survived by brother Howard "Tuc" Stanley and sisters-in-law Lois and Donna Stanley as well as numerous nieces, nephews and greats. Young Ferda was in a bowling league and card club, took college classes, modeled outfits for hospital charity, ice skated, golfed, was a fan of the theater, sewed costumes by hand and did embroidery. She baked the best apple cake on the planet! Her careers included attorney's receptionist, telephone operator for Steel Car, medical transcriber for Western State and Greenville Memorial Hospital, Hammermill Paper Co and Kroger. Mrs. Bates was preceded in death by her parents Ira George and Eva Catherine Stanley and brothers Ira Eugene and William Edward Stanley. There will be no funeral or viewing per her wishes. Ferda would say to you "To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." (Ralph Emerson)