Wasco-Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bates, Glenn October 30, 2004
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The Dalles Chronicle, November 2, 2004
     Glenn Bates, 78, a resident of Newberg and former resident of The Dalles, 
died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at a Portland hospital.
     He was born the son of Roy V. and Lilly (Doughty) Bates on Wednesday, 
April 28, 1926 in Salem.
     He graduated from Gresham Union High School in 1944 and served in the 
United States Army for 22 months during World War II. 
     Upon his return to the states, he attended Linfield College for one year, 
where he met his future wife, Betty Murray at the library. On Sept. 5, 1947, 
he married Betty in McMinnville. 
     He worked for Co-Oil and Supply in The Dalles for ten years. In 1960, the 
couple moved to McMinnville and he started his career in insurance. They moved 
to Newberg in 1968, where they have since resided. He pursued his work in 
insurance for 44 years working full time up to two weeks prior to his death. 
He was a Chartered Life Insurance Underwriter, a Chartered Financial 
Consultant and a Certified Senior Advisor.
     His many interests included music, reading, gardening, fishing, camping, 
and he loved to barbeque. He was a member of the Lions Club in McMinnville and 
the Toastmasters in McMinnville.
     Survivors include his wife, Betty Bates, Newberg; three daughters, Evelyn 
Neasham, Redmond; Karen Bates-Smith and Janie Bates, both of Newberg; two 
sisters, Grace Pierson, Tacoma, Wash.; and Jeanette Nelson, San Antonio, 
Texas; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and 
nephews and those who have come to know and appreciate him where he has lived 
and worked. His brother and one sister preceded him in death.
     His memorial service will be Thursday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. at Mount Olivet 
Baptist Church, 8501 N. Chautauqua Blvd, Portland, with Elder Edward Williams, 
Dr. Herbert Anderson, and Dr. H. Robert Ellisen officiating. Private committal 
will be at Parklawn Cemetery, The Dalles. Arrangements are in the care of 
Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, a Golden Rule funeral home.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Olivet Baptist Church, c/o 
Attrell’s Newberg Funeral Chapel, 207 Villa Road.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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