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[June 04, 2022]  MOUNT PULASKI - Doris Cates, 86, of Mount Pulaski, passed away at 8:46 p.m. Friday May 20, 2022 at Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation:  9:00-11:00 a.m. Thursday May 26, 2022, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski

Service:  11 a.m. Thursday at the church

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski

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Doris Cates, 86, of Mount Pulaski, passed away at 8:46 p.m. Friday May 20, 2022 at Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Doris was born on October 20, 1935 in Lincoln, to Rell and Dorothy (Stoll) Schroth. She married Dean Cates at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski on June 30, 1957.

Surviving Doris is her husband, Dean, one daughter Dorla Vinson of Penfield, three grandchildren, Kody Cassady of Champaign, Meghan (Wade) Rogers of Homer, and Makenzie (Kam Herges) Vinson of Leroy, and one great granddaughter, Hallie Tate Rogers. She was preceded in death by an infant son Daniel, son David and her sister Harriet Bender.

Doris loved going to ballgames all over and was a member of the Illinois High School Basketball Association Hall of Fame.

She was a huge supporter of the Mount Pulaski Future Farmers of America. She and Dean enjoyed harness racing and attended 40 county fairs to watch them. Doris loved baking and especially loved spending time with her family.

Services for Doris will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday May 26, 2022, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski with Rev. Jonathan Buescher officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00-11:00 a.m. prior to services.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Zion Lutheran School.

Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

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