| 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 
							Obituary  
							 
							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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