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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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