Helen Eileen Bates Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Helen Eileen Bates of Zanesville, Ohio, who passed away on April 30, 2023 at the age of 99. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jesse J. Gordon and Myrtle C. King Gordon; her husband Dighton R. Bates; her daughter Scheryl Ann Martin; her grandson Victor Lancaster; her sons-in-law, Roger Boyer and Brent Crawmer; and her siblings, Herman Gordon, James Gordon, Walter Gordon, Willard Gordon, Richard Gordon, Cleo Hutchison and Mary Larson.
She is survived by: her children, Dighton "Danny" Bates (Tammie), Elvin J. Bates (Sheila), Darlene Boyer and Tamara Crawmer (Kenny Kimble); her brother Lloyd Gordon (Ruth); her sister-in-law Jean Gordon; and her grandchildren, Annette Alton, Brooke Roberts, Dighton Bates Jr., Brea Wade, Jamie Eversole, Joshua Bates, Jeremie Bates, Doris Landers, Angela Tokie, Amy Martin, Darrell Martin, Darrin Chio, Jesse Bates, Joe Bates, Tim Page and Chelsea Crawmer. She is also survived by 30 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
