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							 Service:  A private family 
							celebration of life will be held at a later date.  
							
							Funeral home:
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln    
							Obituary 
							 
							Betty M. Cates, 80 of Lincoln went to be with her 
							husband on his birthday at 8:15 p.m. November 9, 
							2016 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. 
							 
							Betty was born March 8, 1936 in Arcola, daughter of 
							Leslie and Hilma (Stratton) Depoister Sr. She 
							married Harold Dean Cates on January 9, 1954 in 
							Atlanta. He preceded her in death on November 12, 
							2005. 
							 
							Surviving Betty is her daughter: Melissa (George) 
							White of Lincoln, her grandchildren: Matthew 
							(Brianna) Graham, Marissa White, Adam White, and 
							Jennifer (Matt Estes) White; seven 
							great-grandchildren: Callie Estes, Kori Estes, Macie 
							Estes, Harper Estes, Emma White, Emmett Falk. She 
							was preceded in death by her parents.  | 
							
							 
                    
					  
							A private family celebration of life will be held at 
							a later date.  
							 
							Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home has been 
							entrusted with Betty’s care. 
            
            
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