Gloria Maxine Cates Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Gloria Maxine Cates of Sanger, California, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Gloria Maxine left this world on April 19, 2025 at the age of 88, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. You may also light a candle in honor of Gloria Maxine Cates or send a beautiful flower arrangement to the funeral service.
As we bid farewell to this luminous soul, let her loved ones carry forward the torch of her memory, illuminating the path ahead with the warmth of her love and the brilliance of her spirit. Though Gloria Maxine may journey beyond the horizon of our sight, her essence remains woven into the very fabric of our being — a guiding light in the darkness, a beacon of hope in the night.
She was predeceased by: her husband Leonard; and her parents, Neva Root-Moody and Raymond Root. She is survived by: her son-in-law James; her great grandchild Samantha; her siblings, Albert Roy Root, Raymond Dale Root and Jacqueline Guinan; her children, Deborah Wasik of Kingman, AZ, Robert Cates (Sandra) of Orofino, ID, Melinda Bell (James) of Kingman, AZ and Jeremy Cates (Renee) of Idaho Falls, ID; and her sister Geraldine Lamott of Fresno, CA. She is also survived by five grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandsons.
