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Visitation:
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday, August 30, 2018 at
Trinity Episcopal Church in Lincoln
Service:
10 a.m. Thursday at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Mary Evelyn (Lowe) Bates, 89, of
Lincoln passed away on Saturday, August 25, 2018 at
The Christian Village in Lincoln.
Evelyn was born on September 13, 1928 in Fort Myers,
FL the daughter of Francis D. and Thelma (Mayer)
Lowe. She married William C. Bates, Jr. in Miami, FL
in 1947. He preceded her in death on March 10, 2014.
Evelyn is survived by her children, Amanda (Steve)
Roberts of Arvada, CO; Annette Bates of Lincoln, and
William B. (Lauri) Bates of Greensboro, GA; her
sisters, Susie McKinney of Waynesville, NC and Daisy
Beck of Covington, LA; six grandchildren: Julie
Blaser, Bethany Lindauer, John Thomas Andrews,
Grayson Ingle, Blinn Bates and Sarah Bates; and ten
great-grandchildren.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her husband and one
infant child.
Evelyn was a very active member of her community
serving with many organizations including, The
Daughters of The American Revolution, Lincoln Garden
Club, PEO, Monday Book Club, and ALMH Auxiliary.
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She served as a board member of the
Kickapoo Creek Park & Trails, and she was a
long-time member of Trinity Episcopal Church, having
served on the vestry.
Services for Evelyn will be held at 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, August 30, 2018 at Trinity Episcopal
Church in Lincoln with Rev. David Halt officiating.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the
service also at the church. Burial will follow the
services at New Union Cemetery in Lincoln.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in
Evelyn’s name to Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital,
Trinity Episcopal Church, or The Humane Society of
Logan County.
Services have been entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
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