Obituary of Hazel Arlene Bates

IN LOVING MEMORY OF HAZEL A. BATES Hazel Arlene Bates, daughter of Ralph and Grace (Moore) Morgan, born December 30, 1911, in a sod farm home north of Morland, Kansas, and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on June 10, 2012, at the age of 100. Hazel was the second child of four girls and one boy. In 1918, the family moved to Penokee, Kansas, where Hazel graduated from the Penokee Grade School in 1927, and attended her freshman year at the Morland High School. In 1927, the family moved to Granada, Colorado, where they resided a short time before moving back to Lenora, Kansas. Hazel graduated from the Lenora Rural High School in 1931. She married James J. Bates in New Almelo, Kansas, on October 5, 1932. They lived on a farm northwest of Lenora, farming and raising livestock. Their daughter, Carol LuAnn, was born October 15, 1934. In 1936, they moved into Lenora where Hazel's husband, Jim, was employed as the Standard Oil Agent. On March 16, 1939, their son, Edwin Gail, was born. Along with her duties as wife and mother, Hazel also assisted her husband with his job as tank wagon agent. In 1980, due to Jim's poor health, they moved into the Lenora Housing where they acted as managers. Following Jim's death on August 25, 1989, Hazel continued as manager until she took retirement in 1994, and moved to Norton in April 1996. Hazel was a member of the United Parish Church in Lenora. She was a great seamstress and enjoyed gardening and sewing but her greatest joy in life was her family. Survivors include: one granddaughter, Deb, and husband, Dr. Jim Knight, Wichita, Kansas; one grandson, Terry, and wife, Leslie Ruhl, Centennial, Colorado; eight great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; her caregiver niece, Betty, and husband, Alfred Otter, New Almelo; other relatives and friends. Hazel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her daughter and son, one grandson, Steve Gnagy, three sisters, Nyla Hughes, Velda Pellitier, and Ethel Acord, and one brother, George Morgan. A memorial has been established to the Hazel Bates Memorial Fund. .