Jonathan B. Bates

1932 - 2016  (84 years)

• Name	Jonathan B. Bates
  Relationship	with Peter Delva
  Birth	Mar 9, 1932	Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York   [1, 2, 3]
  Father: Earl Augustus Bates (1887-1973) Mother: Marion Jane Bartlett (1897-1986)
  Census	1940 (7 years)	Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York   [4]
  He was recorded while living with his parents.
  Age: 8
  Address: 104 White Park Place
  Graduation	1950 (17 years)	Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York   [1]
  Agency: Ithaca High School
  Graduation	1955 (22 years)	Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York   [1]
  He received a bachelor of arts.
  Agency: Cornell University
  Moved to	1978 (45 years)	Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio   [1]
  Death	Sep 29, 2016	Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio   [1, 3]
  Obituary	Oct 2016 (84 years)  [1, 3]
  Jonathan B. Bates, 84, of Elyria, died suddenly September 29, 2016. He was born March 9, 1932 in Ithaca, NY, was a 1950 graduate of Ithaca High School and received a bachelor of arts from Cornell University in 1955. Jonathan moved to Elyria in 1978 where he served as Executive Director of the Commerce and Industry Association of Greater Elyria until 1990. He was later employed by the Elyria City Schools as an Instructional Paraprofessional. He was one of the founders of the Elyria Apple Festival, a member of the Silver Sneakers, a former member of the Elyria Rotary Club, Order of De Molay, Degree of Chevalier and Past Master of Order of Masons. Jonathan is survived by his wife of 59 years, Cathryn (nee Payne); sons Thomas (Mary) Bates of Orange, MA, Jeffrey (Ruth) Bates of Elyria, Michael (Heather) Bates of Dardenne Prairie, MO and Daniel (Sarah) Bates of Fort Collins, CO; daughter Cristen (Michael) Schon of Amherst; grandchildren Andrew, Nicole, Ryan, Samantha, Amanda, Daniel, Rachel, Luke, John, Matthew, James and Amy. He was preceded in death by his parents Erl and Jane Bates and a granddaughter, Melanie. A memorial service will be Friday, October 14, 2016 at 10 a.m. at LaPorte United Methodist Church, 2071 Grafton Rd., Elyria. Reverend William Wendell will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association, 4500 Rockside Road, Suite 380, Independence, Ohio 44131. Arrangements are in the care of Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Elyria..
  Person ID, Branch	I968	Parent of a Delvee Spouse
  Last Modified	Apr 6, 2018

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Catherine Payne
  Marriage	Abt 1957  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 24 years and 9 months - She : ??.
  Children	+   1. Thomas Jonathan Bates
  Family ID	F601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	Apr 6, 2018

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Mar 9, 1932 - Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York Census - 1940 - Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York Graduation - 1950 - Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York Graduation - 1955 - Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York Moved to - 1978 - Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio Death - Sep 29, 2016 - Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  [S1054] Obituary of Jonathan B. Bates., (Elyria, Ohio: Dicken Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 2016). [S110] Roy, Robert A. Notes taken at the 112th Delvee Reunion, (Warwick, Massachusetts, manuscript, 28 June 1998). [S572] Find a Grave web site, (Provo, Utah: Find A Grave, Inc.). Memorial ID 170890125 [s806] 1940 U.S. Federal Census, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012). Year: 1940; Census Place: Ithaca, Tompkins, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02793; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 55-39