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Visitation:
Tuesday October 20, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski
Service:
10:00 a.m. Wednesday October 21, at the funeral
home.
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Roger John Bates, 64, of Mount Pulaski, passed away
at 5:33 p.m. Thursday October 15, 2015 at Memorial
Medical Center in Springfield.
Roger was born on September 8, 1951 in Clinton, to
John N. and Estella Mae Grandfield Bates Jr. He
married Rachel Ramsey on January 16, 1974 in
Arlington, VA. He later married Karen Crawford on
May 5, 1984 in Midlothian, VA. She survives of Mount
Pulaski.
Also surviving is his daughter, Kathleen Marie Bates
Hammerle of Houston, Texas, and two grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, and two
brothers Thomas and Randall.
Roger was a retired correctional officer for the
State of Illinois. He was of the Lutheran Faith. He
was a member of the Mount Pulaski VFW Post #777,
Mount Pulaski American Legion Post #447, an avid St.
Louis Cardinals and Chicago Bears fan and was a
history buff and avid reader. |
Roger served in the United States Army from
1970-1974 during Vietnam. He later joined the United
States Navy and served from 1976-1985.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday October 21,
2015 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski, with Rev. Jonathan Buescher
officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday October 20,
from 4:00-7:00 p.m. also at the funeral home. Burial
will be at Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski,
where full military rites will be accorded.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society, American Diabetes Association, or the
American Heart Association.
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